Prime and Composite DLO

Today for this task we learned about two types of numbers prime numbers and composite numbers. Prime numbers are special because they only have two factors: 1 and the number itself. For example, 3 is a prime number because only 1 and 3 can be multiplied together to make 3. Another example is 5. These numbers can’t be divided evenly by any other numbers except 1 and themselves.

On the other hand, composite numbers are numbers that can be divided evenly by more than just 1 and themselves. This means they have more factors. For example, 6 is a composite number because it can be divided evenly by 1, 2, 3, and 6. Because of this, most even numbers like 4, 6, 8, and 10 are composite numbers. The only even number that is prime is 2, because it only has two factors: 1 and 2. All the other even numbers have more factors, making them composite. Basically, prime numbers are like numbers with only two factors, and composite numbers are like numbers with a bigger group of friends they can be divided by.