38 is a composite number because composite numbers are numbers that have more than 1 and themselves as factors. 1x38 is not the only solution, so it isn't prime. One solution for this could be 2x19
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38 is a composite number. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
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It is composite.
It's clearly not prime; no even number is prime. It is composite.