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Example Question #2 : Prime Numbers
Which is the smallest prime number?
The smallest prime number is actually .
is not a prime nor a composite number. It is a unit.
Example Question #5 : Prime Numbers
Which of the following is a prime number?
A prime number is a number with factors of one and itself.
Let's try to find the factors.
It may not be easy to see as a composite number, but if you know the divisibility rule for
which is double the last digit and subtract from the rest
, you will see
is not prime. The divisibility rule for
is add the outside digits and if the sum matches the sum then it is divisible
. The divisibility rule for
is if the digits have a sum divisible by
, then it is
. All even numbers are composite numbers with the exception of
. So with these analyses, answer is
.
Example Question #2 : Prime Numbers
Which of the following is NOT prime?
Since all of the digits don't add to a sum of , and we dont see any numbers een or end in
, let's try the divisibility rule for
which is double the last digit and subtract from the rest.
Only is divisible by
and is not prime and therefore our answer.
Example Question #1 : How To Find Out If A Number Is Prime
What are the first three prime numbers?
The smallest prime number is actually .
is not a prime nor a composite number. It is a unit. This will eliminate the choices with a
in them. The next prime numbers are
. Our answer is then
.
is a perfect square and has more than two factors
.
Example Question #1621 : Sat Mathematics
What's the fourth smallest prime number?
The order of the prime numbers start from .
is not prime as it's a unit.
is a composite number. So our fourth smallest prime number is
.
Example Question #742 : Arithmetic
Which is not prime?
Since all the numbers are odd and don't end with a , let's check the basic divisbility rule. The divisibility rule for
is if the digits have a sum divisible by
, then it is.
Based on this analysis, only is divisible by
and therefore not prime and is our answer.
Example Question #13 : Prime Numbers
Say is a prime number. Which operation could possibly also lead to a prime number?
Prime numbers are integers. So doing division and square roots will not generate integers. By doing multiplication and exponents, we involve more factors. The only possibility is subtraction. If was
and we subtracted
we get
which is also prime.
Example Question #12 : Prime Numbers
Say is a number.
has, other than one and itself, only prime factors.
is not a perfect square. What is the smallest prime number
can be?
Other than the number itself and one, we also need to have prime factors in that number. Since it's not a perfect square, we need to find the smallest possible prime numbers. That will be or
which is our answer.
Example Question #12 : Prime Numbers
Which of the following is not prime?
Since all the numbers are odd and don't end with a , let's check the basic divisbility rule. The divisibility rule for
is if the digits have a sum divisible by
, then it is.
Based on this analysis, only is divisible by
and therefore not prime and is our answer.
Example Question #44 : Factors / Multiples
What's the largest prime number less than ?
Let's work backwards. All even numbers are not prime so we skip .
is clearly divisible by
.
is definitely a composite number as it's divisible by
.
is divisible by
because of the divisibility rule
.
is divisbile by
. The divisibility rule for
is double the last digit and subtract from the rest
. From the remaining answers,
is prime and is the largest prime number under
and is our answer.
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