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Prime numbers are whole numbers evenly divisible only by themselves and 1. By convention, 1 is not considered a prime number. Zero cannot be divided by itself because division by 0 is not allowed so it cannot meet the definition of being prime.

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A Prime number is a numbe whos factors are 1 and its self such as 5 the only factors of 5 are 1 and 5 but the number 1 has factors of 1 and 1 those are the same number therefore 1 has facotr(s) of 1 and zerohas factors

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For zero it Has no factors as for one,I beleive has 1 factor. Prime numbers alway have two factors.XD

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