Question

BASEBALL The coach of a baseball team separates the

players into groups for drills. Each group has the same
number of players. Is the total number of players on
the baseball team prime or composite? Explain.
Math

Answer 1

Explanation:

They really don't say the number in the book, but i would have to say composite, since the groups are probably even and they have the same amount of players. It is not prime because prime is usually odd numbers, and the groups are split evenly, so it would be composite.

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Am i correct?

Answer 2

Composite

Explanation:

The total number of players on the baseball team is composite since it can be divided into 2 groups with the same amount of players.

Composite numbers are numbers that have 2 factors other than 1 and it.

Example: 2*2=4, 4 is a composite number

Prime numbers are numbers that can only be multiplied by 1 to get it.

Example: 7*1=7

You can't multiply 2 numbers to get 7 unless it's itself and 1.