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How is a prime number different from a composite number

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A prime number only 1 and itself can go into it but a composite number multiple numbers can go into it. Example; Prime number: 3 only 1 and itself can go into it
Composite number: 9, 3, 1
User Brian Roisentul
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Prime numbers have more numbers to it when composite is almost like a whole number hope this helped
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