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PRIME AND COMPOSITE NUMBERS. Number Concepts and Operations. Prime & Composite Numbers. Factoring is like taking a number apart. Factors are either prime numbers or composite numbers. Prime & Composite Numbers. Prime numbers have only TWO factors – one and itself. Example: 5
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PRIME AND COMPOSITE NUMBERS Number Concepts and Operations
Prime & Composite Numbers • Factoring is like taking a number apart. • Factors are either prime numbers or composite numbers.
Prime & Composite Numbers • Prime numbers have only TWO factors – one and itself. • Example: 5 • 1 x 5 = 5 Factors of 5 are: 1, 5 (one and itself)
Prime & Composite Numbers • Composite numbers are any number that has more than two factors. • Example: 10 1 x 10 = 10 2 x 5 = 10 Factors of 10 are: 1, 2, 5, 10 (More than two)
Prime & Composite Numbers • 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite