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2007-09-05 16:47:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
So..... if their not composite then they are prime?
2007-09-05 17:02:23 · update #1
A composite number is a number that can be broken down by 2 or more numbers.
2007-09-05 17:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Okay you have two types of #'s prime and composite. If it's not prime it is composite. Just in case a prime number is a number that is divisible by only 1 and itself. ex 5 is prime because you can only make 5 by taking 1 X 5.
Now a composite number is a number that has other factors.
Example... 10 is composite, because you can have 1 X 10 but also you can get 10 by taking 2 X 5
I hope that helps.
2007-09-05 23:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two kinds of numbers. Prime numbers are only divisible by themselves and 1. For example, 7 has only 7 and 1 as factors. Composite numbers are numbers that have other factors besides the number and 1. For example, 8 can be broken down into:
2 Ã 2 Ã 2 and 1 Ã 8, so it is composite.
2007-09-05 23:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A composite number is a positive integer which has a positive divisor other than one or itself. By definition, every integer greater than one is either a prime number, the only factors are the number itself & 1, or a composite number. The numbers zero and one are considered to be neither prime nor composite. For example, the integer 14 is a composite number because it can be factored as 2 Ã 7.
Edit: Yes, positive numbers, greater than 1, are either prime or composite. [The smallest prime number is 2.]
2007-09-06 00:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by S. B. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
take any positive number. if you can factor that number (divide that number by anything besides 1 or itself and get a whole number) then it is composite. basically it is the opposite of a prime number
for example 6 is composite because 6 = 2 x 3
2007-09-05 23:56:35 · answer #5 · answered by Geno 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A composite number is an even number that can be divided by more than 1 and itself. So any positive number from one to infinity that is not a prime number.
The first five composite numbers are 4,6,8,9,10
(1,2,3,4,and 7 are prime numbers instead of composite numbers because they can only be divided by theirselves and 1).
2007-09-05 23:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Patty C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a COMPOSITE number is a positive integer that is NOT prime (has more factors than one and itself)
examples are: 4,6,8,9,10,12, etc etc
2007-09-05 23:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a composite number has more than two factors, numbers that divide evenly into it.
2007-09-05 23:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋