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Vijay Singh chauhan Asked a Question
November 11, 2020 6:34 pmpts 30 pts
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Why 1 is not a prime number

Why 1 is not a prime number. I hope whoever is reading this will enjoy it.
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  • Piyush thankyou
    According to my professor " Prime number is natural number which has exactly two divisors". 1 does not have two divisors so not prime
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    Vijay Singh chauhan
    nice insight
  • Anuj s.
    according to definition , prime no. having 2 factor 1 and itself but "1" contain only one factor
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  • Jp
    The confusion begins with this definition a person might give of “prime”: a prime number is a positive whole number that is only divisible by 1 and itself. The number 1 is divisibl...
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