State whether the given statement is true or false: 1 is a prime number.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
We know that Prime numbers are those numbers having only two factors i.e. $1$ and itself. But $1$ is having only one factor only.
Therefore, it is not a prime number. But it is a co-prime number.

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