Which is the smallest composite number?

Smallest composite number

Composite numbers are those numbers that are NOT prime numbers. The composite numbers have three or more factors. Prime numbers have only two factors that include 1 and the number itself.

1 is neither prime nor composite.

Examples of composite numbers are 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12.....

Every composite number can be written as a product of its prime factors

The smallest composite number is 4.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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