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Is 23 a prime or composite number?

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Prime number
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Composite number
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Cannot be determined
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Solution

The correct option is A Prime number
23 is not divisible by 2 or 3.

On checking divisibility with 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, we find that 23 is not divisible by either of them and thus, it is a prime number.

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