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All prime numbers are not odd numbers. 2 is an even prime number, and it is the only even prime number because all other even numbers have 2 as one of their factors.
Yes, prime numbers are whole numbers, by definition.
It is impossible to list the infinite number of prime numbers and composite numbers.
A number that is not a prime number is called a composite number because it can be made by multiplying prime numbers together. For example, 6 is a composite number that is the product of multiplying the prime numbers 2 and 3 together.
It is impossible to list all the prime numbers as there are an infinite number of them. The list of prime numbers starts: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, ... Suppose you could list all the prime numbers and have done so - there is no prime number which is not on the list. Multiply them all together and add 1. This number is not divisible by any of the listed prime numbers as there is always a remainder of 1. So either this new number is a prime number, or there is another prime number not listed which will divide into it. Which means that the list was not all the prime numbers; meaning it is impossible to list all the prime numbers.