Prime numbers can only be represented in a multiplication problem by one times itself. Composite numbers can be represented in more than one way.
2 is primes 1x2
4 is composite 1x4; 2x2
Prime numbers have only two factors whereas composite number have more than two factors.
A Prime number is a positive integer with two factors: one and the number itself.
A composite number is a positive integer with more than two factors.
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Well, composite numbers can be divided by a number with no remainders and a prime number can only be divided by 1 and itself. For example: 3=prime=only 3x1=3. 9=composite=3x3=9.
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.
Prime numbers have two factors. Composite numbers have more than two.
The set of even numbers contains the prime number, 2. The set of composite numbers contains infinitely many odd numbers.
Rectangular numbers are a subset of composite numbers. The squares of prime numbers will be composite but not rectangular.
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.
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