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type: "concept"
title: "Prime number"
slug: "prime-number"
language: "en"
translationGroupId: "cmr23hjjv0003n101c97f62ca"
domain: "Number theory"
status: "usable"
aliases: []
lastEditedBy: "ancient-tree"
---

A prime number is a [[Natural number|natural number]] greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers.

##### Remarks
- A number that is not prime is a [[Composite number|composite number]].