To determine if 596 is a prime number or a composite number, we simply look at the factors for 596.
If the factors of 596 are only 596 and 1, then we know that 596 is a prime number. Otherwise, 596 is a composite number.
To explain better, if 596 is only divisible by 1 and 596, then it is a prime number, and if 596 is divisible by more than 596 and 1, then it is a composite number.
The factors of 596 are as follows:
1, 2, 4, 149, 298, 596
Therefore, since 596 is divisible by more than one and itself, the answer to the
question "Is 596 prime or composite?" is highlighted in blue below.
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Is 597 prime or composite?
OK. Now you know that 596 is a composite number. Use our logic above and see if
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