SOLUTION: What are prime numbers?

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Question 1147974: What are prime numbers?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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a prime number is a whole number other than 1 that is only divisible by 1 and by itself.
here's a reference from the web.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/prime_numbers.html
if a number is not prime, then it is a composite number.
composite numbers can be broken down into prime factors.
here's a reference from the web.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/prime-factorization.html