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Primes and Composites 3112

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
We will use the grid to find the prime numbers less than 100.

STEP 1: Cross out 1. This is neither prime nor composite.

STEP 2: Except for 2, cross out all the multiples of 2.
ie. cross out 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,…..,96, 98, 100
STEP 3: Except for 3, cross out all the multiples of 3.
ie. cross out 6, 9, 12, 15, ……..,93, 96, 99
STEP 4: Except for 5, cross out all the multiples of 5.
ie. cross out 10, 15, 20, 25,……..,90, 95, 100
STEP 5: Except for 7, cross out all the multiples of 7.
ie. cross out 14, 21, 28, 35, …….84, 91, 98
ALL THE NUMBERS NOT CROSSED OUT ARE PRIME

Q1 Write down all the prime numbers between 1 and 30.

Q2 Which number is neither prime nor composite?
Q3 What number is the only even prime?
Q4 Is 51 prime or composite? Why? ANSWERS

Q5 Is 83 prime or composite? Why? A) 1 J) Prime. Factors: 1, 51

B) 2 K) Composite. Factors: 1, 3, 17, 51
C) 3 L) Composite. Factors: 1, 4, 13, 51
D) 4 M) List: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,21,27,29
E) 5 N) List: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,21,23,29
F) 6 O) List: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29
G) 7 P) Prime. Factors:1,83
H) 9 Q) Composite. Factors: 1,3,27,83
I) 11 R) Composite. Factors: 1,7,17,83

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