non-prime number
noun[C]
mathematicsspecialized(alsoUKnon prime number,also mainlyUSnonprime number)uk/nɒnˌpraɪm ˈnʌm.bər/us/nɑːnˌpraɪm ˈnʌm.bɚ/anumberthat is not aprimenumber(= anumberthat cannot bedividedby any othernumberexcept itself and thenumber1):
Non-primenumbersaredivisibleby more than twonumbers.
Anynonprimenumbercan be written as aproductofprimenumbers.
Euclid called nonprimenumbers"composites."
Synonym
composite number
Compare
prime number
- A non-primenumbergreaterthan 1 is called acompositenumber.
- What's thelongestknownsequenceof non-primenumbers?
- All nonprimenumbersless than 100 have afactorthat is less than 10.
Terms for numbers
- additive inverse
- aliquot
- common denominator
- common factor
- common multiple
- cos
- fold
- fortyfold
- fourfold
- GCF
- hundredfold
- imaginary number
- odd
- recurring number
- remainder
- resultant
- root
- sevenfold
- seventyfold
- weighting