5.2.5

Primes

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Prime Numbers

A prime number only has 2 factors. The factors of a prime number are 1 and the prime number itself.

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2 is a prime number

  • The factors of 2 are 1 and 2.
    • 2 is a prime number because it only has 2 factors.
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3 is a prime number

  • The factors of 3 are 1 and 3.
    • 3 is a prime number because it only has 2 factors.
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4 is NOT a prime number

  • The factors of 4 are 1, 2 and 4.
    • 4 is NOT a prime number because it has more than 2 factors.
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Prime numbers up to 20

  • There are both big and small prime numbers.
  • The prime numbers below 20 are shown here.
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Prime numbers up to 20

  • Notice that all of the prime numbers are odd numbers except the number 2.
  • All of the prime numbers are odd (apart from 2) because even numbers are in the 2 times table (and so have more than 2 factors).

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