The product of any natural number and the smallest prime is
(a) an even number
(b) an odd number
(c) a prime number
(d) None of these

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Solution

The smallest prime number is 2.
Thus, when we multiply any natural number we will always get an even number.
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

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(a) The sum of three odd numbers is even.

(b) The sum of two odd numbers and one even number is even.

(d) If an even number is divided by 2, the quotient is always odd.

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(f) Prime numbers do not have any factors.

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