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Prime Numbers Online Quiz
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Answer : C
Explanation
Step 1:
0 is neither prime nor composite.
1 is neither prime nor composite.
4 has factors 1, 2 and 4. It is composite.
Step 2:
Only 2 among the given numbers is a prime number as it is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Answer : A
Explanation
Step 1:
4 has factors 1, 2, and 4. It is composite.
6 has factors 1, 2, 3, and 6. It is composite.
8 has factors 1, 2, 4, and 8. It is composite.
Step 2:
Only 3 among the given numbers is a prime number as it is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Answer : D
Explanation
Step 1:
14 has factors 1, 2, 7 and 14. It is composite.
15 has factors 1, 3, 5, and 15. It is composite.
18 has factors 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18. It is composite.
Step 2:
Only 19 among the given numbers is a prime number as it is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Answer : B
Explanation
Step 1:
6 has factors 1, 2, 3, and 6. It is composite.
8 has factors 1, 2, 4, and 8. It is composite.
9 has factors 1, 3, and 9. It is composite.
Step 2:
Only 7 among the given numbers is a prime number as it is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Answer : C
Explanation
Step 1:
18 has factors 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18. It is composite.
21 has factors 1, 3, 7, and 21. It is composite.
24 has factors 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24. It is composite.
Step 2:
Only 23 among the given numbers is a prime number as it is only divisible by 1 and itself.
Answer : C
Explanation
Step 1:
11 has factors 1 and 11. It is prime.
13 has factors 1 and 13. It is prime.
17 has factors 1 and 17. It is prime.
Step 2:
Only 15 is NOT a prime number as it has three or more factors like 1, 3, 5, 15.
Answer : A
Explanation
Step 1:
29 has factors 1 and 29. It is prime.
31 has factors 1 and 31. It is prime.
37 has factors 1 and 37. It is prime.
Step 2:
Only 28 is NOT a prime number as it has three or more factors like 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, and 28.
Answer : D
Explanation
Step 1:
41 has factors 1 and 41. It is prime.
43 has factors 1 and 43. It is prime.
47 has factors 1 and 47. It is prime.
Step 2:
Only 49 is NOT a prime number as it has three factors like 1, 7 and 49.
Answer : B
Explanation
Step 1:
53 has factors 1 and 53. It is prime.
59 has factors 1 and 59. It is prime.
61 has factors 1 and 61. It is prime.
Step 2:
Only 57 is NOT a prime number as it has three or more factors like 1, 3, 19 and 57.
Answer : C
Explanation
Step 1:
67 has factors 1 and 67. It is prime.
71 has factors 1 and 71. It is prime.
73 has factors 1 and 73. It is prime.
Step 2:
Only 72 is NOT a prime number as it has three or more factors like 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36 and 72.