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What is a prime number.?

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A prime number is a number that is divisible by itself and cannot be divided by any other number only by itself.

For example, 5 is a prime number because nothing can divide into 5 except for itself.

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Answer:

prime numbers are the natural numbers greater than one that are not products of two smaller natural numbers

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