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Is 98 prime or composite and why?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

A number which has more than two factors is called composite number.

98 is a composite number because it has more than two factors.

Factors of 98: 1, 2, 7, 14, 49 and 98.

In order to prove that a number is composite try to find a factor other than 1 and the number itself:

Since 98 is an even number so it is divisible by 2, so 2 is one of the factors of 98.

For now we know three factors of 98: 1, 2 and 98. So, 98 is a composite number since we have found more than two factors.

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