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Last updated on December 2nd, 2024
A number is classified as a prime number if it satisfies a certain condition. The number has to be having only two factors 1 and the number itself, all other numbers which have more than two factors are categorized under composite numbers. The prime are used in our everyday life for the security and pin encryption and in machinery building.
A prime number should not have factors more than 2 but 303 has 4 divisors. No, 303 is a composite number.
The divisors of 303 are 1, 3, 101, and 303. Therefore, 303 is a composite number. Composite numbers are the numbers which have factors more than 2.
A number to be a prime number should follow the criteria, which is that it should not have factors more than 2. 303 has factors more than 2, so it is a composite number.
Given below are a few ways that can be used to find prime or composite numbers.
In this method, the divisors of a number are listed, and the number is checked, to be called a prime number. The counting divisors method for 303 would simply be
Divisors of 303 = 1, 3, 101, 303
Number of divisors = 4
The number 303 can be considered composite.
In divisibility method, the prime number only has 2 divisors, which are 1 and itself.
Divisors of 303 = 1, 3, 101, 303
As 303 has factors more than 2 then it is not a prime number.
We write the prime number chart up to 10, which helps in sorting numbers.
The prime numbers from 300 to 400 are 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397. 303 is not on the list, so it is not a prime number.
This method is only used for a composite number. Since 303 is a composite number, prime factorization for 303 is : 31 x 1011
Hence, the prime factors of 303 are 3 and 101.
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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