The prime factors of 588 are 2, 2, 3, 7, 7.
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No. 2 divides 588. You can immediately see this because the number in the ones place, 8, is divisible by 2.
There is not such a thing as a composite prime number. A prime number has exactly two factors. A composite number has more than two factors.
Well, the factors of a prime number is that they only have two factors.
Prime numbers have as factors the number 1 and their own number. Example: 37 is a prime number because its only factors are "1" and "37". If the prime number had further factors, it would no longer be prime.
A prime number has two factors: one and the number itself. A prime number does not have any proper factors.