1. Some Simple Tips and Reminders
Prime Numbers
Some Simple Tips and Reminders
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2. Definitions Even Numbers – Any number that can be divided by 2
Odd Numbers – Any number that cannot be divided by 2
Composite Number – An integer that can be divided by at least one other number (a factor) other than itself

3. Definitions
Prime Number – An integer whose only factors are 1 and itself.
Factor – a number that can divide another number without a remainder.
Prime Factors – an expression of numbers that divides another integer without a remainder where all the factors are prime.

4. What numbers are prime?
Let’s look at a number grid from 1 to 100 and see how they were discovered.

5. Here’s How You Do It 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
Take out the number 1 because it is a special number

6. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
Take out the number 1 because it is a special number

7. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 2

8. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 2

9. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 3

10. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 25 29 31 35 37 41 43 47 49 53 55 59 61 65 67 71 73 77 79 83 85 89 91 95 97
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 3

11. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 25 29 31 35 37 41 43 47 49 53 55 59 61 65 67 71 73 77 79 83 85 89 91 95 97
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 5

12. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 49 53 59 61 67 71 73 77 79 83 89 91 97
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 5

13. Here’s How You Do It 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 49 53 59 61 67 71 73 77 79 83 89 91 97
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 7

14. The PRIME Numbers! 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
Take out numbers that have a composite factor of 7

15. How Do We Know They Are Prime?
Composite numbers can be placed into varying types of rectangles
Prime numbers cannot
Let’s look at that…

16. Composite Numbers 15 24 6

17. Prime Numbers 17 29 7

18. That’s It!
A prime number cannot be divided by anything other than 1 and itself.