Question

What is the meaning of is in the following 3 sentences:

5 is the square root of 25
5 is less than 10
5 is a prime number

Answer 1

5 is the square root of 25 means that when you multiply five to five, you get 25.
5 is less than 10 means that 10 - 5 is a positive value
5 is a prime number means that 5 only has 2 factors (i.e. 1 and 5)

Answer 2

true, true. you haven't explained how the word 'is' is used in any of those statements, though :-(

Answer 3

I was hoping you would say\[5 = \sqrt{25}\]
\[5<10\]
\[\text{let P be the set of all prime numbers}\]\[5\in P\]

Answer 4

-_-

Answer 5

are you testing us??