1 isn't prime?

What kind of numbers are $\large 1$ and $\large 0$ ?

Are they prime or not?

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1 and 0 are not prime numbers.

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 6 months ago

Thank you, bro. I knew it before that, $1$ is neither prime nor composite. I want to know that, what kind of number it is. I am now clear, it's neither prime nor composite. It's a special catagory called 'unit'.

Md Mehedi Hasan - 3 years, 6 months ago

@Md Mehedi Hasan- There many facts about the number 1 and 0. Here are some:

1 is a positive integer.
0 is neither positive nor negative. It is an integer.

Here are some related questions:

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 6 months ago

@Munem Shahriar – bro, you gave me same link in 1 and 0.

Md Mehedi Hasan - 3 years, 6 months ago

@Md Mehedi Hasan – Fixed it.

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 6 months ago

@Munem Shahriar – nice question they are. Thanks...

Md Mehedi Hasan - 3 years, 6 months ago

No. They are just annoying numbers that just confuse everyone

Annie Li - 3 years, 6 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$