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There is no easy way. You will have to try dividing it by the smallest prime (2), then the next one (3) and continue until you have tried out the all the primes up to and including the square root of the number. You do not need to find the quotient, you only need check for divisibility.

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Factor it. As soon as you find a third factor, it's not prime.

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