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To: LibWhacker

Divided by itself and 1 without a remainder? All numbers are like that as far as I can tell. 4 divided by 4 is 1 and 4 divided by 1 is 4 so why isn’t 4 a prime number?


3 posted on 02/23/2016 3:21:59 AM PST by Perchant
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To: Perchant

Primes are positive integers that are ONLY divisible by themselves and one. Four is also divisible by two, and so is not prime.


4 posted on 02/23/2016 3:23:59 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Perchant
so why isn't 4 a prime number?

Because 4 can also be divided by 2.....

11 posted on 02/23/2016 3:51:25 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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