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No even number greater than 2 is a Prime number.

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How do you know 2 is a even prime number?

look it up on a prime chart not composite


Which numbers are prime numbers and which are composite numbers from 1 to 100?

1 is special 2 prime 3 prime 4 composite 5 prime 6 composite 7 prime 8 composite 9 composite 10 composite 11 prime 12 composite ext.


What is special about the number 2 for prime numbers and composite numbers?

it is the only even prime number


Does 1 and 2 are either prime or composite numbers?

1 is a special number, neither prime nor composite. A prime number has exactly 2 factors, 1 and the number itself. A composite number has more than two factors. 2 is prime because there are only two factors of 2, 1 and itself.


Is 123 prime or composite?

123 is a composite number because it is divisible by 3. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1, 2, and 0. 1, 2, and 0 have a different name.


Is 2 a prime composite?

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Composite Numbers are some special numbers which have more than 2 factors which consists of at least 1 prime factor.


Is 28 prime or composite if it is composite write the prime factorization of the number?

composite and 2*2*7 = 28


Is 28 a prime or composite or neither?

Composite. Its prime factors are 2×2×7.


Is 2 and 15 prime or composite?

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Are 2 and 18 composite or prime?

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Is it true that prime numbers have to be prime and composite?

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