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A Prime number has exactly two factors, 1 and the number itself. Any number having more factors than a prime is a composite number.

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What counting number is not a prime nor composite number?

1


What counting number is nethier a prime or composite?

The number 1.


Are there any number that are neither prime nor composite?

Yes. All prime numbers and composite numbers are positive integers, or whole counting numbers. That leaves infinitely many numbers that are neither prime nor composite. If you intended to narrow the scope of your question to the whole counting numbers or to the positive integers, then there are NO such numbers that are neither. A counting number, however large, will be either prime or composite.


How do you decide if a number is prime or composite?

a prime number is if the number only can be divided by 1 and itself. If it has more than 2 factors it is a composite


Are all prime numbers composite no?

Every positive integer greater than 1 is either prime or composite.

Related questions

What is the only counting number that is not prime nor composite?

ANSWER: 1 is the only counting number that is not prime nor composite.


What counting number is neither a prime number nor a composite number?

1 is the counting number that is neither a prime number nor a composite number.


Which counting number is not a prime number or a composite number?

None, everything is either prime or composite.


What is the first composite number when counting from one?

4 is the first composite number greater than 1.


The only counting number that is not prime or composite?

1.


What counting number is nethier a prime or composite?

The number 1.


What counting number is not a prime nor composite number?

1


Which counting number is neither a prime or composite number?

The number 1.


How do you decide if the number is prime or composite?

If he number has a multiple other than itself it is composite.


What kind of a number is 100?

it can be even,composite natural, counting


What is a counting number that is neither prime nor composite?

1


Is every number counting by 90 prime?

No. In fact, every number counting by 90, including 90 itself, is composite.