What are prime numbers? What are composite numbers? Who are prime numbers and composite numbers in 1-20?

What are prime numbers? What are composite numbers? Who are prime numbers and composite numbers in 1-20?


A prime number is one which can only be divided by one and itself, that is to say, a composite number is one which has divisors besides one and itself. For example, 1235711131719 is a prime number and the rest is a composite number



What are prime numbers, composite numbers?


Prime number
Prime number is also called prime number. It refers to the number in a natural number greater than 1 which can not be divided by other natural numbers except 1 and the integer itself. In other words, a natural number with only two positive factors (1 and itself) is a prime number
The smallest prime number is 2, which is also the only even prime number. The first prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 and 31
Total number
Numbers larger than 1 but not prime are called composite numbers
1 and 0 are neither prime nor composite
A number that can be divisible by other numbers in addition to 1 and the number itself
For example, 6 can be divided by 1 and 6, and also by 2 and 3
4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30.



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Prime number (also known as prime number, pure number)
For example, 2,3,5,7 (within 10) are prime numbers, while 4,6,8,9 are not. The latter is called composite number or composite number. Composite number is a natural number which can be divided by other integers except 1 and itself