Natural numbers/prime number and composite number

Natural Numbers: Prime Number and Composite Number Name: Institutional affiliation: Course: Date: Introduction Natural numbers refer to all positive integers i.e., numbers that start from 1 to infinity (∞). All-natural numbers are countable and are generally used for any arithmetic calculation or purposes of counting objects. Accordingly, the letter “N” is a representation of natural numbers as follows: N= {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10…….} (Alkauskas & Dubickas, 2004). The properties of N include closure, associative, distributive, and commutative properties. Prime and Composite Numbers Prime Numbers Prime and composite numbers are two types of numbers that differ mainly based on the number of factors they possess, whereby a factor refers to a number(s) that divide a given number exactly, without a remainder. A prime number, which is a natural number, has two factors, which means, it is only divisible by “1” and itself. This me...