The way to be sure you have one of these is to take any three distinct prime numbers and multiply them. Those three prime numbers are then the only factors the product can have. An example is the number 30, which has factors of 2, 3 and 5.
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The number 9: factors are 9, 3, and 1.
6. Factors are 1, 2, 3, and 6.
The smallest number with exactly eight factors is 24.
30 has exactly 8 factors 1,2,3,5,6,10,15,30
A prime number is a whole number with exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
A number has exactly three factors if and only if it is the square of a prime number.
The square of a prime number.
Prime squares
625 has five factors.
The number 9: factors are 9, 3, and 1.
The smallest number that has exactly three factors is 4.
3 is a prime number because it has exactly two distinct factors. The only factors of a prime number are 1 and itself. The only factors of 3 are 1 and 3, so it is a prime number.
The square of any prime number has exactly 3 factors. They are: 1). 1 2). the number itself 3). the prime number which is its square-root
By definition, a prime number has exactly two factors. So, there are no prime numbers with exactly three factors.
6. Factors are 1, 2, 3, and 6.
A prime number, like 2, 3 or 5.
The square of any prime number has exactly three factors: 22, 32, 52, etc.