A Prime number is a whole number that has two factors which are itself and one.
where as,
A composite number has factors in addition to one and itself.
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No, twin primes are pairs of prime numbers that have only one number between them which is a composite number. For example, (3, 5) and (11, 13) are twin prime pairs with the composite number 4 and 12 respectively between them.
Prime numbers have two factors. Composite numbers have more than two.
A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite. The largest prime number between 18 and 24 is 23.
The number is not COMPOSITE. Instead, it is a prime number.
Composite (the only even number that is prime is2).