Question

Write the following number is prime, composite or neither prime nor composite.

$59$

Answer 1

A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 whose only factors are 1 and itself.

Composite numbers are those numbers that have more than two factors.

$59=1\times 59$

A number $59$ having $1$ and it self number $59$ as factors.

So, $59$ is a prime number.