Understanding Prime and Composite Numbers

What is a prime number?

• A number with only one factor

• A number that is divisible by 10

• A number with more than two factors

• A number with exactly two factors

Which of the following is a prime number?

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 6

What makes a number composite?

• It has only one factor

• It has more than two factors

• It has exactly two factors

• It is divisible by 1 and itself only

How many factors does the number 12 have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6

Is the number 17 a prime or composite number?

• Both

• Neither

• Composite

• Prime