Basically, composite numbers are the non-prime numbers. Take a table of prime numbers, and look for any two prime numbers, one after the other, that have a difference greater than 2. Any numbers in between are consecutive composite numbers. For example, the next prime number after 13 is 17; that makes 14, 15, and 16 three consecutive non-primes, i.e., composite numbers.
There are no such numbers. The smallest set of three consecutive composite numbers is {8, 9, 10} and the product of these numbers is 720.
8, 9, 10
That doesn't work. The number has to be divisible by three. Any three consecutive numbers add up to a multiple of three.
The smallest is 55.
Basically, composite numbers are the non-prime numbers. Take a table of prime numbers, and look for any two prime numbers, one after the other, that have a difference greater than 2. Any numbers in between are consecutive composite numbers. For example, the next prime number after 13 is 17; that makes 14, 15, and 16 three consecutive non-primes, i.e., composite numbers.
There are no such numbers. The smallest set of three consecutive composite numbers is {8, 9, 10} and the product of these numbers is 720.
8, 9, 10
8, 9, 10
8, 9, 10
The three composite numbers are 28, 30 and 32. Their sum is 90.
That doesn't work. The number has to be divisible by three. Any three consecutive numbers add up to a multiple of three.
A composite number has three or more factors.
The smallest is 55.
the answer is 120 because the first three prime numbers are 2,3,5 and the first three composite numbers are 4,6,8.
No, composite numbers are the numbers having more than three factors
Not necessarily. The prime factorization of the composite number 10 is 2 x 5. Composite numbers have three or more factors.