Question

Write the smallest prime and composite number?

Answer 1

Finding the required numbers:

Prime Numbers: The numbers which have only two factors, $1$ and itself are called Prime Numbers

For e.g. $2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29$ etc

Hence, the smallest prime number is $2$

Composite Number:A number having more than two factors is known as Composite Numbers.

For example: $4,6,8,9,12,14,15,16,18$ etc.

$1$ is neither prime nor composite number.

$2$ and $3$ are prime numbers.

$4$ has three factors which are $1,2,4$.

Hence, the smallest composite number is $4$

Hence, the smallest prime and composite number are $2$ and $4$.