They are 2 and 3.
Chat with our AI personalities
A prime number is a number with exactly two distinct factors: itself and oneThe only factors of 3 are 1 and 3 so it is a prime number.The factors of 6 are 1,2,3 and 6 which has more than two factors so it is not a prime number.
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. These are known as prime factors. 2 and 3 are prime factors of 6. 1 and 6 are not prime factors of 6.
6
6
1,2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31.... A prime number has exactly two factors. 2 is prime (its factors are 1 and 2) 3 is prime (its factors are 1 and 3) 5 is prime (its factors are 1 and 5) 1 is not prime (its only factor is 1, this is 1 factor, not 2) 4 is not prime (it has 3 factors: 1, 2, and 4) 6 is not prime (it has 4 factors: 1, 2, 3, and 6)