what are prime numbers?

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amistre64 · Answer

they are the loneliest numbers ...

camerondoherty · Answer

Prime numbers are numbers that only have 2 factors: 1 and itsself

agreene · Answer

primes are natural numbers greater than 1 that only have themselves and 1 as divisors

amistre64 · Answer

they have no factors and therefore exist all by themselves.

anonymous · Answer

prime numbers are numbers that are only dividable by itself and 1
for example 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, and so on

anonymous · Answer

oh and 2 I forgot

anonymous · Answer

u mean 3, 5, 7 like these @c

anonymous · Answer

i mean @camerondoherty

anonymous · Answer

yes that is right

agreene · Answer

the primes up to 101:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101

(1 is not a prime number)

anonymous · Answer

how is it not a prime number??

camerondoherty · Answer

2 is the only even prime number

agreene · Answer

its not prime by the definition... it has to do with the algebra of defining prime components, if 1 is prime none of the algebra works.

anonymous · Answer

oh ok?!