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Question
What are prime numbers? Give ten examples.
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Solution
Prime number: A number is called a prime number if it has only two factors, namely 1 and itself.
Examples: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29 are prime numbers.
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