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Why is 1 neither a prime nor composite number ?

Why is 1 neither a prime nor composite number ?

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Neeraja Outdare
35 Points
8 years ago
it has no two factors including itself and anyother whole number!
hence its neither prime nor composite!
anyway the questn was not worth asking 
shubham sharda
360 Points
8 years ago
  1. A prime number is a whole number that only has two factors which are itself and one. A composite number has factors in addition to one and itself. The numbers 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite. All even numbers are divisible by two and so all even numbers greater than two are composite numbers.

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