CLASS NOTES
FACTOR - a whole number that divides into a nonzero whole number with no remainders.
Example: factors of 12: 1,2,3,4,6,12 CFU1
COMPOSITE NUMBER - a whole number greater than1 with more than 2 factors.
Example: 25 is composite because it has 3 factors 1,5 and 25
PRIME NUMBER - a whole number with exactly 2 factors, 1 and the number itself.
The whole numbers 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite.
PRIME FACTORIZATION - writing a composite number as a product of prime numbers.
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