Question

State the following as prime or composite: $23$

Answer 1

Checking whether the given number is prime or composite:

Prime number: A number that has only two factors $1$ and itself.

Composite number: Composite numbers are numbers that have more than $2$ factors.

We have,

$23=23\times 1$ , $23$ has only two factors $1$ and itself.

Hence, $23$ is a prime number.