MAC1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Composite Number, Prime Number

• School: Miami Dade College
• Department: Mathematics: Calculus & Pre-Calculus
• Course: MAC1140

Document Summary

A number as a "prime number" and a "composite number" A prime number is a number which has only two factors: 1 and itself. A composite number has more than two factors. Steps to determine a number is prime or composite: If the number has only two factors, 1 and itself, then it is prime. If the number has more than two factors, then it is composite. Let"s take some examples of prime and composite number: Factors of 10: 1*2*5*10, so we can say that 10 is a composite number as it has more than two factors.