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What are prime numbers?


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Determining the prime numbers.

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

Prime Number Properties:

  • Each number bigger than one may be separated by at least one prime number.
  • A sum of 2 primes could be described as any even positive number greater than 2 .
  • Except for 2 , all other prime numbers are odd. In other words, 2 is the sole even prime number.

Hence, The example of prime numbers is “2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23..”.


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