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A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
Examples of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ...
A natural number that is not prime is called a composite number. Composite numbers can be represented as a product of prime numbers in a unique way.
Examples of composite numbers: 4, 9, 10, 20
\( 4 = 2 \times 2 \), \( 9 = 3 \times 3 \), \( 10 = 2 \times 5 \), \( 20 = 2 \times 2 \times 5 \)