Question

Explain:clarify:and give an example of what a prime number is

Answer 1

In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data:

prime number

Step 02:

prime numbers:

Prime numbers ===> numbers that have only 2 factors: 1 and themselves.

A prime number cannot be divided by any other positive integers without leaving a remainder, decimal or fraction.

13 has only two factors:

`\begin{gathered} (13)/(1)\text{ = 13 } \\ \\ (13)/(13)=1 \end{gathered}`

So it is a prime number.

4 has three factors:

`\begin{gathered} (4)/(1)=4 \\ \\ (4)/(2)=2 \\ \\ (4)/(4)=1 \end{gathered}`

So it is not a prime number.

That is the full solution.