Zero is neither a prime nor a composite number.Why?

Paityn Rangel

Paityn Rangel

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2022-12-17

Zero is neither a prime nor a composite number.Why?

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ZoogTraigngerl4e

ZoogTraigngerl4e

Beginner2022-12-18Added 4 answers

Any number can be written as the product of two prime numbers, according to the fundamental theory of arithmetic. It wouldn't work if 0 were a prime number since any integer multiplied by 0 would result in 0, giving it more than 2 factors. It cannot be written as a product of two primes if it were deemed composite because doing so would require multiplying by 0, which we have assumed to be the case. A number must be higher than 1 to qualify as a prime, and the only numbers that divide it exactly are 1 and itself, such as 3 and 13, etc. Because 0 is smaller than 1, it cannot be a prime. Composite integers are the sums of prime factors, such as 6 = 2x3. Because such products are not zero, 0 cannot be stated as a product of primes.

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