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it is the only even Prime number

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What do you call one if it is not a prime or composite number?

The property of prime or composite is not defined for the number 1, just as it is not defined for any number that has a fractional part. There are no special names for numbers that are not prime nor composite.


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What are prime the numbers and the composite numbers?

A prime number is 2 factors and a composite number is 3 or more!


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Any number that isnot a prime,not a factor of the composite numbercannot appear in the prime factorisation of a composite number.


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It is the identity element of multiplication. That puts it in a special category.


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