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96 is a composite number because it has factors. Apart from 2 no even number is prime, they are all composite.
A prime number cannot be divided by any quantities other than itself and the multiplicative identity one (1). Since 96 can be divided by other numbers (e.g., 96/3 = 32; 96/4 = 24, 96/16 = 6) it cannot be a prime number.
96 is a composite number because it has more than 2 factors
The largest two-digit number with exactly 12 factors is 96. To determine the number of factors, we can use the formula for the total number of factors based on the prime factorization of a number. The prime factorization of 96 is (2^5 \times 3^1), and using the formula ((e_1 + 1)(e_2 + 1)), where (e_1) and (e_2) are the exponents in the factorization, we find that ( (5+1)(1+1) = 12).
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