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Last updated on December 1st, 2024
Prime numbers have often fascinated mathematicians. Especially because of their no order or pattern for appearance at random. Even when we don’t understand their emergence in the list of numbers, we apply them in medicine, computer algorithms, cryptography, and others.
How do we find whether a number is prime or not? Let us check out the various methods to learn when we have to check if a number is a prime number.
These different methods we can use to check if a number is a prime number are explained below;
The counting divisors method for 35 would simply be
Divisors of 35= 1,5,7 and 35
Number of divisors= 4
The number 35 can be considered composite.
In the divisibility method, the prime number only has 2 divisors, which are 1 and itself.
Divisors of 35=1,5,7,35
As 35 has factors more than 2 then it is not a prime number.
The list of prime numbers under 100 are;
2,3,5,7,11,13,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97.
35 is not present in the list, it is not a prime number.
This method is only used for a non-prime number/composite number. Since 35 is a composite number, prime
factorization for 35 is :
Factors of 35 = 5×7
Hiralee Lalitkumar Makwana has almost two years of teaching experience. She is a number ninja as she loves numbers. Her interest in numbers can be seen in the way she cracks math puzzles and hidden patterns.
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