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A basketball team scores 37 points in one quarter is the number 37 prime or composite show your work

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Answer: Prime

Step-by-step explanation: To tell if 37 is a prime number or a composite number, begin by finding the factors of 37.

To find the factors of 37, begin by dividing 37 by 1 which gives us 37. This means that 1 and 37 are factors.

Notice however that 37 is not divisible by any other number except 37. When we divide 37 by 37 we get 1. Since 37 and 1 are repeat factors, the only factors of 37 are 1 and 37.

When there are only two factors of a number, we call the number prime.

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