Question

Jamie thinks that 1 is neither prime

nor composite.
Show why you agree or disagree with him.

Answer 1

Yes, I do agree with Jamie.

1 is NEITHER a prime number NOR a composite number.

Reason for agreeing:-

We know that a PRIME NUMBER is any given number that has only one as a factor. I.e it is only divisible by 1 AND ITSELF.

And, a COMPOSITE NUMBER is any number that is divisible by a number other than one and itself.

Here in the case of 1, we see that it is divisible by 1 and itself, and since it cannot have any other factor we can't put in either of the two categories