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What Are Prime Numbers?
In this article, you`ll be able to know what prime numbers are, their examples and characteristics
Date : 22/09/2023
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Uploaded on : 22/09/2023
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;prime number is a whole number greater than 1 whose only factors are 1 and itself. The first ten primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29. It should be noted that 1 is a non-prime number. Conferring to the definition of prime number, which states that a number should have exactly two factors, but number 1 has one and only one factor. Thus 1 is not considered a Prime number.
Some of the properties of prime numbers are listed below:Every number greater than 1 can be divided by at least one prime number.Every even positive integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.Except 2, all other prime numbers are odd. In other words, we can say that 2 is the only even prime number.Two prime numbers are always coprime to each other.
Some of the properties of prime numbers are listed below:Every number greater than 1 can be divided by at least one prime number.Every even positive integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.Except 2, all other prime numbers are odd. In other words, we can say that 2 is the only even prime number.Two prime numbers are always coprime to each other.
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