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It is not true that all numbers greater than two are prime numbers.

It is true that all numbers greater than two that can only be evenly divided by the numbers, 'one' and their own value are prime. Example, 7 is larger than 2 and con only be evenly divided by 1 and by 7. So 7 is a Prime number.

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