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When it's only factors are itself and one (one is an exception however)

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It can only be divided by 1 and itself like 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 and so on

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A Prime number is something that can multiply one time and you can t get the same number by multiplying something together.This answer was by Nicole.

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A prime number can only be evenly divided by itself and 1.

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For a prime number to be a prime number it must only be divisible by itself and 1 and it must have 2 factors so 1 isn't a prime number because it only has 1 factor.

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