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Is 1 prime, composite, or neither?

prime
composite
neither

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1 is neither prime nor composite
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Answer: Neither prime nor composite

Step-by-step explanation: Since 1 divides into 1 exactly one time, 1 is the only factor of one. Prime numbers are numbers that only have two factors and composite numbers are numbers with more than two factors. Since 1 only has 1 factor, we will call it neither prime nor composite.

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