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
For zero it Has no factors as for one,I beleive has 1 factor. Prime numbers alway have two factors.XD
One (1) and Zero (0) are NOT prime numbers.See the Related Question below for more information on prime numbers.
Composite numbers are divisible by prime numbers.
A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
Only 63. 0 and 1 are not composite numbers and are not prime numbers (even though 1 used to be). 19 is a prime number.
The vast majority of positive integers can be classified in two ways: prime and composite. Prime numbers have only two factors, composite numbers have more than two. The numbers 1 and 0 are neither prime nor composite.