Composite and Prime Numbers

Prime and Composite Numbers
Prime numbers are numbers with exactly 2 factors.
Example:
Which of the following numbers are prime numbers?

Prime Numbers and Composite Numbers
A Prime Number can be divided evenly only by 1 or itself.
And it must be a whole number greater than 1.

Prime and Composite Numbers 1 to 100 - What are they?
Prime number: has exactly 2 factors: 1 and itself.
Composite numbers: has more than 2 factors.
The number 1 is neither a prime nor a composite number.
The prime numbers from 1 to 100 are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97

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