A number with more than one factor is normal, since all numbers except 0 and 1 have more than one factor. A number with more than two factors is composite.
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A number with more than one factor is normal, since all numbers except 0 and 1 have more than one factor. A number with more than two factors is composite.
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If one number is a factor of another number, the greatest common factor will be the lesser number. Example: 3 and 9 3 is a factor of 9 3 is a factor of 3 There can be no higher factor of a number than the number itself. Therefore, the GCF of 3 and 9 is 3.
1 is neither a prime nor a composite number because it has only one factor (itself (1)). The definition of a prime number is a number that has the factor of one and itself, so one is not prime. The definition of a composite number is a number that has more than 2 factors, so one is not composite. One is a special number.