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Explain prime numbers

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Prime numbers are numbers that can be divided by one or by itself such as
5 for example is a prime number because it can be evenly divide by one or 5.
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User Tuze
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When a number has more than two factors it is called a composite number.

Some examples of prime numbers consist of: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, etc.

Prime numbers are numbers that can be divided by one or by itself
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