This math skill teaches how to identify if a number is prime by checking if it has any divisors other than 1 and itself. It involves dividing the number by known prime numbers, stopping if the square of a prime exceeds the number. If no divisors are found, the number is prime.
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Identify if a number is prime
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Let's check if either 37 or 35 are prime
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Check if it divides by any other prime. Neither divides by 2
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Or by 3
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35 divides by 5, so we know it's not a prime. That means it is a composite number, made up of factors other than 1 and itself.
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37 does not divide by 7
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Since 7 x 7 would be 49, and that's already larger than 37, we can stop here
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37 is a prime since it has no factors except for itself and 1