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Four students each made a list of prime number. Eric:5,7,17,23)Maya:3,5,13,17)Bella:2,3,17,19(Jordan:7,11,13,21. Who made an error and includes composite numbers from his or hers list

Four students each made a list of prime number. Eric:5,7,17,23)Maya:3,5,13,17)Bella-example-1
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Jordan made the mistake. 21 is a composite number because it was another pair of numbers that equals 21 .
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Jordan made an error because 21 isn’t a prime number, it is a composite number because it can be divided by more than one number except one . It can be divided by 1,3 and 7.
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