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Apart from 2 all even numbers are composite numbers because they have more than two factors.

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Q: Why can even numbers be prime numbers (apart from two)?
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Can the sum of 2 odd prime numbers ever be prime?

No. The sum of two odd numbers is always even, and no prime is even (apart from 2, but it is the lowest prime, so no primes can be added to form it).


Is it possible for two numbers that are both even to be relatively prime?

No. Two numbers are relatively prime if they have no prime factors in common. Two even numbers will have 2 as a prime factor in common.


What are even numbers found in prime numbers?

There is only one even prime number: two (2).


Why are there no other even prime numbers?

Because all other even numbers can be divided by two. Therefore, two is the only even prime number.


What are the prime and even numbers?

The only even number that is prime is 2. No other even numbers can be prime because 2 is a factor of them. Prime numbers can have only two factors: 1 and itself.


Which 2 numbers are prime and even?

The question cannot be answered since there are not two numbers that are prime and even.


Are prime numbers odd?

A prime number is a number that only has two factors. That is to say it can only be divided by itself and one. All even numbers (except for two) have more than two factors, because they can divide by 2 as well as themselves and one. Thus, apart from 2, all prime numbers are odd.


Two prime numbers which have a sum of 7?

The only two prime numbers for which this can be the case are 2 and 5 - since one of the prime numbers has to be even.


What numbers as a sum of two prime numbers 95?

You can't write that as the sum of two prime numbers. Note: Goldbach's Conjecture (for expressing numbers as the sum of two prime numbers) applies to EVEN numbers.


Can two consecutive numbers be prime?

Yes.Additional Information:If you have two consecutive numbers, one of them will be an odd number and the other will be an even number. Since even numbers are divisible by 2, the only even prime number is 2. If two consecutive numbers are prime, the even number must be 2. So, because 1 is not a prime number, the only time that two consecutive numbers can be prime is in the case of 2 and 3.


What even number cannot be formed by two prime numbers?

You can not add two positive prime numbers and get zero.


is there any even prime numbers?

There are two