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What exactly are prime numbers?

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Prime numbers are numbers that are greater than one and its only factors, the things that multiply to equal it, are one and itself. An example is the number seven the only numbers multiplied together that can equal 7 are 7x1.
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prime numbers are numbers that only have a factor of one and its self.
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