Monday, December 10, 2012

Define Prime


Introduction to define prime

Normally the word prime is defined as “first, importance, greatest position, highest order, basics, and fundamentals”. In mathematics prime defines the prime number. Prime number is a whole number that is evenly divisible by 1 and the number itself. A natural number that has exactly two distinct divisors such as 1 and itself is called prime number (or simply a prime).There is infinity of prime numbers exist. The density of prime number compared to natural numbers is 0. The numbers 0 and 1 are not a prime number. Other than prime numbers are called composite numbers.

Calculation - Define Prime

How to calculate the prime numbers?

1 `->` The number is not a prime or composite.

2 `->` 1x2 = 2 and 2x1 =2. The number is divisible by 1 and itself (2), therefore this is even prime number.

3 `->` 1x3 = 3 and 3x1 = 3. The number is divisible by 1 and itself (3), therefore this is a prime number

4 `->` 1x4 = 4, 2x2 = 4 and 4x1 =4. The number is divisible by 1, 2 and itself (4), therefore this is a composite number.

5 `->` 1x5 = 5 and 5x1 =5. The number is divisible by 1 and itself (5), therefore this is a prime number.

6 `->` 1x6 =6, 2 x3=6, 3x2 =6 and 6 x 1 = 6. The number is divisible by 1, 2, 3 and itself (6). Therefore this is a composite number.

7 `->` 1x7 = 7 and 7x1= 7. The number is divisible by 1 and itself (7), therefore this is a prime number. I like to share this money math with you all through my article.

Example – Define Prime

Problem 1: Give the prime number from 10 to 20

Solution: Let us consider the values from 10 to 20 as

10 have divisors 1, 2, 5 and 10. This is composite number.

11 have divisors 1 and 11. This is prime number.

12 have divisors 1, 2,3,4,6 and 12. This is composite number.

13 have divisors 1 and 13. This is prime number.

14 have divisors 1, 2, 7 and 14. This is composite number.

15 have divisors 1, 3, 5 and 15. This is composite number.

16 have divisors 1,2,4,8 and 16. This is composite number.

17 have divisors 1 and 17. This is prime number.

18 have divisors 1, 2, 9 and 18. This is composite number.

19 have divisors 1 and 19. This is prime number.

20 have divisors 1, 2, 4,5,10 and 20. This is composite number

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