Prime numbers & factorization
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- Think about seven. It divides evenly by one and seven, and nothing else. So it's prime.
- Now try twelve. Two times six makes twelve, so it has more than two factors. That's composite.
- To factor sixty, keep splitting until every piece is prime: two times two times three times five.
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