1. Prime numbers Composite numbers Neither prime nor composite How to know?

2. Prime and composite numbers are all about multiplication
Multiplication math vocabulary:
The two numbers being multiplied together are each called factors.
The answer in a multiplication problem is called the product.

3. factor x factor = product
Multiplication
factor x factor = product

4. Is this number a prime number?
Prime Numbers
To determine
if a number is a prime number,
place it in the product position. = X
Factor
Factor
Product
Is this number a prime number?

5. same number as one of the factors,
Prime Numbers
Must have ONLY two possible, unique factors. (Both factors cannot be the same.)
One factor must be 1.
One factor must be a whole number, but not 0 or 1.
Factor
same number as the product,
but not 0 or 1. X
Factor 1 =
Product
same number as one of the factors,
but not 0 and not 1

6. Whole numbers are the Whole numbers
In case you forgot:
Whole numbers are the
the number 0, and the natural numbers which start at positive one— {0, 1, 2, 3...}

7. same number as one of the factors,
Prime Numbers 3
same number as the product,
but not 0 or 1. X 1 = 3
same number as one of the factors,
but not 0 and not 1
3 is a prime number.
There are ONLY two possible, unique factors.
(No other two numbers multiplied together have a product of 3 and both factors are different numbers.)
2. One factor is 1.
3. One factor is a whole number, but not 0 or 1.

8. Prime Numbers but, that’s not true. A common misconception is
that odd numbers
are always prime numbers
but, that’s not true.

9. Consequently, 9 is not a prime number.
Prime Numbers
Some odd numbers,
like 9 have more than
two factors.
9 x 1 = 9,
but so does 3 x 3.
Consequently, 9 is not a prime number.

10. Prime Numbers 51 is tricky! It is an odd number.
It looks like only 51 x 1 = 51, but
17 x 3 = 51 too.
51 is not a prime number.
HINT: Divisibility rules and multiplication tables can help you discover that a number that seems like a prime number really isn’t.

11. prime numbers the number 2. Prime Numbers
However, even numbers are never
prime numbers
with one exception—
the number 2.

12. because the only two factors
Prime Numbers
2 is a prime number,
because the only two factors
of 2
are 2 x 1 = 2.
Every other even number has 2 as a factor too (that’s why no other even number is a prime number).

13. Composite Numbers
Numbers
with more than two factors are called composite numbers. Numbers that aren’t prime numbers are composite numbers.

14. The special case of the number 1
The number 1 is
not a prime number and,
it is not a composite number.
Why? because, the number 1 only has one factor, not two different factors.
1 x 1 = 1

15. The special case of the number 0.
Zero is another special number.
Zero can not be a prime number because,
every number is a factor of 0.
0 x 1 does equal 0, but
0 x anything at all = 0
Zero is not a composite number either.

16. Only 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite numbers.
All other whole numbers are either prime or composite numbers.

17. Congratulations!
That’s how to tell a prime number from a composite number.
Remember, if in doubt; with big numbers, use divisibility rules.
With smaller products, use multiplication tables.
And all even numbers, except 2, are always composite.

18. QUESTIONS???