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Well, a composite number is a composite number because it has more than two factors.

For example, the number 2 is Prime because it ONLY has 2 factors, which is 2 and 1.

Another example is that 30 is a Composite number because it has MORE than 2 factors which are 1, 30, 6, and 5.

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