Composite Number

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composite number [kəm′päz·ət ′nəm·bər]

(mathematics)

Any positive integer which is not prime. Also known as composite quantity.

Composite Number

a natural number that is not prime. In other words, a composite number is a natural number that has divisors other than 1 and itself. For example, 4, 18, and 105 are composite numbers. Every composite number can be uniquely represented as a product of prime factors. (SeeDIVISIBILITY.)

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