Some factors are prime numbers.
Prime factors are factors that are also prime numbers.
Prime numbers have two factors. Prime squares have three factors. Square numbers have an odd number of factors but that number varies.
Prime numbers have two factors. 2, 3 and 5 are prime numbers.
because there is alot of prime numbers
The same way as with smaller numbers, it may take longer. Just keep dividing by prime numbers until all the factors are prime.
The same way as with smaller numbers, it may take longer. Just keep dividing by prime numbers until all the factors are prime.
Usually, but not necessarily and not if they're prime. All prime numbers have the same number of factors.
You go through each number, starting with 2, 3, 4, ... and check if the number has any smaller factors. If it has no smaller factors, you conclude it is a prime number. Continue until you have 10 prime numbers.
3 and 5 are prime numbers. This means they can't be separated into smaller factors. For comparison, 9 is not a prime number, since it CAN be separated into smaller factors (9 = 3 x 3).
A composite number is a natural number that can be divided into smaller factors (which are also natural numbers). For example, 6 = 2 x 3. A prime number is an integer (greater than 1) that cannot be separated into smaller factors. For example, 7 can't be divided into smaller factors.
No. That isn't possible: A prime number, by definition, has no smaller factors. A square number does have a smaller factor - the number that is squared.
Generally yes, but not in all cases. The largest prime number has over 22 million digits but only two factors whereas 60 has six times as many factors.
2 is the smallest prime number. Numbers can't have factors larger than themselves. Zero and one aren't large enough to have prime factors.
Most of the time, but large prime numbers still have only two factors.
Each number is either itself a prime number, or it can be separated into smaller prime numbers. A prime number is a number that has no smaller factors. Factorization into prime factors is unique, except for the order of the factors.
A prime number is a positive integer that can't be divided into smaller positive integers. Its only positive factors are one, and the number itself. (One is usually not considered a prime number.) A composite number is one that does have smaller prime factors. For example, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 are prime numbers. 4 = 2x2, 6=2x3, 9=3x3 are composite numbers.