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Prime Numbers
There are only two factors
(numbers) that can evenly
divide into this number.
2, 3, 5, 7, 29…
These are not just odd
numbers. For example the
number 21 is odd, but is not
prime because 1, 3, 7, and 21
can divide evenly into 21.
Composite
Numbers
More than two factors
(numbers) that can evenly
divide into this number.
4, 6, 25, 33…
These are more common
among the numbers. For
example the number 35 is
composite because 1, 5, 7, and
35 can divide evenly into 35.
EXCEPTIONS
Numbers that are neither
prime nor composite.
0 and 1
These are the only two
exceptions to the rules of
prime and composite numbers.
So what? What is important to understand about this?
It is important to realize that a number being even or odd does not make the number Prime or Composite.
What makes the number Prime or Composite is the ability of other factors (numbers) to divide EVENLY into
the number in question.