answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

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.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

No.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Are there prime numbers that are also square mumbers?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Is there any prime numbers that are square numbers?

No, there are no prime numbers that are also square numbers. Prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and themselves, while square numbers have integer square roots. Since the square root of a prime number is not an integer, a prime number cannot be a square number.


Are there any prime numbers that also square numbers give an example or explain why not.?

Square numbers can't be prime. They have too many factors.


Are square numbers also prime numbers?

Absolutely not. A square number has an integer square root, so by definition it has at least one factor. Prime numbers have no factors


What square numbers below 100 are also prime numbers?

A [perfect] square number, by definition, has a factor which is its square root. As a result it CANNOT be a prime!


Are there any prime numbers that are also square numbers?

i would say no


Are all square numbers also composite numbers explain?

Every square number (except 1) is composite. Prime numbers only have two factors, one and the numbers themselves. Since square numbers also have at least the square roots as factors, they have to be composite.


Can you make any square number out of only two prime numbers?

I might be reading this incorrectly, but it seems to me that I can take two prime numbers, 3 and 3, and make the square number nine out of them. This is also true of all the other prime numbers.


Are there any prime numbers that are also square numbers give example and explain why not?

No, square numbers greater than 1 have more than two factors.


Why can there not be a prime number that is also a square number?

Square numbers, greater than 1, have more than two factors.


Is the sum of two square numbers is never a prime number?

Not true. 12 + 22 = 1 + 4 = 5 which is a prime. Or 42 + 52 = 16 + 25 = 41, also a prime.


How do you change whole numbers to prime numbers?

You don't. All prime numbers are also whole numbers.


What numbers are prime but also even?

There are no other prime numbers that are even but 2.