Question

Which is composite number?

Answer 1

We need to examine the natural numbers.

The natural numbers are the counting numbers,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...

The number 1 is neither prime nor composite.

All natural numbers greater than 1 are either prime or composite.

A prime number is a number that has exactly two factors, itself and 1.

A composite number has more than 2 factors.

A composite number is a natural number greater than 2 that is not a prime number.

Examples:

Prime: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ...

Composite: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, ...

Answer 2

A whole number that can be made by multiplying other whole numbers.

Example: 18 can be made by 3 × 6 so is a composite number.

16 can be made by 4 x 4 so it is a square root and a composite number

14 can be made by 2 x 7 so is is a composite number.

It is not a prime number as all Composite Number have factors other than 1 and itself). The first few composite numbers (sometimes called "composites" for short) are 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16,