Which of the following is a characteristic of composite numbers?
Practice Questions
Q1
Which of the following is a characteristic of composite numbers?
They have exactly two distinct positive divisors.
They are greater than 1.
They cannot be expressed as a product of two smaller natural numbers.
They are always odd.
Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
Which of the following is a characteristic of composite numbers?
Step 1: Understand what a natural number is. Natural numbers are the counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
Step 2: Know that composite numbers are a type of natural number.
Step 3: Remember that composite numbers are greater than 1.
Step 4: Learn that composite numbers have more than two positive divisors. This means they can be divided evenly by numbers other than just 1 and themselves.
Step 5: Compare composite numbers to prime numbers. Prime numbers have exactly two distinct positive divisors: 1 and the number itself.
