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A Composite number has factors in addition to one and itself.
The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic states that every positive integer greater than 1 is either a prime number or a composite number. As we know, a prime number "p" is any positive number the only divisors of which are 1 and p (or -1 and -p). Thus, by definition, any number that is not a prime number must be a composite number.
A composite number is any number having 3 or more factors/divisors and is the result of multiplying prime numbers together. Most of the positive integers are the product of smaller prime numbers.
Example:
4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, etc., are all composite numbers, each being divisible by lower prime numbers. Every number divisible by 2, the only even prime, is composite.
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