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identify the smallest composite number that you can create by multiplying two different composite number​

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Answer: 4

Step-by-step explanation: A composite number is defined to be a number which has other divisors besides 1 and the number itself. Start counting:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6……….

1 is not a composite number because its sole divisor is 1. 2 is not a composite number because it has only two divisors 1 and the number 2 itself. 3 is in the same class as 2.

But 4 is different. Its divisors are 1,2,4. So this number satisfies the criterion of a composite number as stated above since besides 1 and 4, 2 is also a divisor. 4 is also the smallest composite number. The next composite number after 4 is 6 which has as divisors 1,2,3,6.

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