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A positive integer is '''composite''' if it is neither [[Prime number|prime]] nor equal to 1. The smallest composite is 4.
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A positive [[integer]] is '''composite''' if it is neither [[prime]] nor equal to 1. The smallest composite is 4.
  
If a number can be written as the product <math>a * b</math> where the integers <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are both greater than 1, the number is composite.
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If a number can be written as the product <math>a * b</math> where the integers ''a'' and ''b'' are both greater than 1, the number is composite.
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==External links==
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*[[Wikipedia:Composite number|Wikipedia]]
 
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Revision as of 19:18, 5 February 2019

A positive integer is composite if it is neither prime nor equal to 1. The smallest composite is 4.

If a number can be written as the product [math]\displaystyle{ a * b }[/math] where the integers a and b are both greater than 1, the number is composite.

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