Prime and Composite Numbers

Prime number A prime number is a whole number greater than 1. It has exactly two factors: 1 and the number itself.

Examples: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11

Composite number A composite number is a whole number greater than 1. It has more than two factors. We can make it by multiplying two smaller whole numbers.

Examples: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

What is a factor?
A factor is a whole number that divides another number exactly, with no remainder.

For example, the factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.

Remember: 1 is neither prime nor composite.

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1. A prime number is a whole number than 1.

2. A prime number has exactly factors.

3. Its factors are 1 and the number .

4. A composite number has more than two .

5. We can make a composite number by two smaller numbers.

6. The smaller numbers must be numbers.

7. The number 1 is prime nor composite.

 

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Prime or Composite?

Drag the 12 numbers into the correct categories: Prime numbers and Composite numbers. Each category can hold several numbers, and their order does not matter.

21
13
49
2
33
29
9
41
25
17
51
37
Prime numbers
Composite numbers

 

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