Is 9 a prime number or a composite number?

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asked Jan 26, 2020 124k views

2 Answers

Shlong · Answer 1 · 2020-01-28T18:42:18+0000

Answer: composite

Step-by-step explanation: Prime means that it can only go into it's self. Example: 3x1 is the only factor of three.

Alexander Sysuiev · Answer 2 · 2020-01-30T15:23:12+0000

Answer:

composite

Explanation:

A prime number can only be divided by 1 and itself ( and be integers)

A composite number can be divided by other integers

9 = 3*3, so it is composite