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The quotient may or may not be prime.
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237 is a COMPOSITE number. Since it is divided by 3 and gives a quotient of 79 (which is a prime factor of 237) and remainder as 0.
If the number is divisible by any number and the quotient comes out to a whole number, then that number is composite. The number is prime when divided by a number, the answer is a decimal, then the number is prime. A prime number has exactly two factors, 1 and the number itself. Any number having more factors is a composite number.
Composite - A prime number can only be divided by 1 or the number itself - for example 3. A composite number can be divided by numbers other than 1 or the number itself - In the case of 10 it can be divided by 2 and 5 and is therefore a composite number.
The number 3635 is not a prime number as it can be divided by 5
6 is a composite number. You can divide it by 3 and get 2. A composite number can be divided by a number and get another number out. 29 is prime because it can only be divided by 1 and 29 to get a whole number answer.