2 12 18 3 11 25

Have only two Have more than

factors two factors

2 3 11 12 18 25
 Have only two Have more than
factors two factors

2 3 11 12 18 25
Prime numbers composite numbers
 Grade 6 – Lesson 10

Prime numbers and

composite numbers

Teacher:
 Prime number
A prime number is a whole number which is
greater than 1 and has exactly 2 factors: 1 and
itself. Example: 2, 3, 5, 7, …

Composite number
A composite number is a whole number which
is greater than 1 and has more than 2 factors.
Example: 4, 6, 15, 27, …
 0 and 1 are prime numbers or
composite numbers???

Note: 0, 1 are neither prime nor

composite numbers.
 Notes
•0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite.

•The only even prime number is 2.

•2 and 3 are the only consecutive prime

numbers
 6 : 2 = 3
Dividend Divisor Quotient

Prime 6 Prime
number number 6=2 × 3
Prime factorization
2 3
Prime 42 composite
number number

7 6 Prime factorization is a way

of expressing a number as a
Prime Prime
number
2 3 number
product of its prime factors

1 2=2× 2× 3
Prime factorization
P P P C
Factor: 0 1; 41 1; 3, 17, 51 1; 3, 19, 57

1; 71
1; 103
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
2, 7, 37, 311, 3, 79, 433, 97, 613, 17, 59,
73, 191, 47, 197, 89, 691, 53 419, 23, 11, 83
 9
5 3 3

5.
Cicadas, a kind of
bugs hibernate for
years – mostly 13
or 17 years before
they come out to
breed.
Candy Crush is based
on particular numbers
theories and principles
of mathematics. Most of
the number theories and
principles mostly exist
because of prime
numbers
Prime numbers secure
your information
online through
encryption
Prime number
Prime number is a whole number greater
than 1 has only 2 factors: 1 and itself.

Composite number
Composite number is a whole number
greater than 1 has more than 2 factors.

Notes
0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite.
2 is the only even prime number.