2 is the only even Prime number, and it can be added to several odd numbers to make another prime number.
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If an odd number has more than two factors then it is a composite number but if it has only two factors then it is a prime number. Although all prime numbers are odd except for 2 many more odd numbers are composite numbers having more than two factors as for example 21 is an odd number whose factors are 1, 3, 7 and 21.
While all prime numbers are odd (except 2), not all odd numbers are prime. 9 for example is an odd number, but you can get it by multiplying 3X3, so it is not prime. Odd numbers are numbers that are not divisible by 2. Prime numbers are numbers that cannot be generated by multiplying 2 whole numbers besides 1 and itself.
All prime numbers are odd, exept of the first prime number 2.
All prime numbers other than 2 are odd numbers. 2 is the only even prime number.
its an odd number because prime numbers have two divisable numbers. 1 has 1