Prime numbers are numbers that can only be divided by themselves and one. If a number is a multiple of any other number, then it is not a prime.
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A prime number is a number that can only be divided by itself and by 1.
This means that all prime numbers only have two factors.
\(1\) is not counted as a prime number.
The first ten prime numbers are \({2}\), \({3}\), \({5}\), \({7}\), \({11}\), \({13}\), \({17}\), \({19}\), \({23}\) and \({29}\).
What are the prime numbers between \({50}\) and \({60}\)?
There are only two prime numbers between \({50}\) and \({60}\). They are \({53}\) and \({59}\).