Start Practicing
The winning number is a prime number
between 10 and 20. Which of her tickets won the prize?
Worksheet: Prime and Composite Numbers
Q3:
Caribou calves weigh about 13 pounds at birth. Is the number 13 a prime or a composite number?
- Aprime
- Bcomposite
Q4:
The table shows all the factors of some numbers.
| Number | 101 | 133 | 157 | 145 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor of | 1, 101 | 1, 7, 19, 133 | 1, 157 | 1, 5, 29, 145 |
Which of the numbers are prime?
- A 101 and 133
- B 133 and 145
- C 157 and 145
- D 101 and 157
- E133 and 157
Q5:
Is 23 a prime or a composite number?
- A a prime number
- B a composite number
Q6:
Which of the following is a prime number?
- A 4
- B 8
- C 45
- D 43
Q7:
Madison says that every even number is composite because 2 is a factor.
Is she correct? Why?
- A Yes, because all odd numbers are prime.
- B Yes, because 2 is an even number.
- C Yes, because 2 is even and composite.
- D No, because 2 is even and prime.
- E No, because 2 is even and composite.
Q8:
Is 96 a prime number?
- Ano
- Byes
Q9:
Isabella bought these four raffle tickets, and one of them was the winning ticket.
- A ticket number 34
- B ticket number 15
- C ticket number 23
- D ticket number 17
- Eticket number 18
Q10:
Is 21 a prime or a composite number?
- A a composite number
- B a prime number
Q11:
Find a prime number between 37 and 46.
Q12:
Look at these numbers.
How many of these numbers are prime?
Which is the largest prime number?
Which is the smallest composite number?
Q13:
State two prime numbers that are greater than 15 and less than 95.
- A45, 61
- B44, 60
- C42, 58
- D43, 59
Q14:
Determine whether the number 226 is prime, composite, or neither.
- Aneither prime nor composite
- Bprime
- Ccomposite
Q15:
Are the numbers 37, 97, and 75 prime numbers?
- Ano
- Byes
Q16:
Michael is learning about prime numbers. He knows that 5 is a prime number, because the only factors of 5 are 1 and 5.
Is 9 a prime number? Why?
- A No, because 3 is a factor.
- B Yes, because its only factors are 1 and 9.
Q17:
All odd numbers greater than 7 can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers. Which three prime numbers have a sum of 97?
- A17, 18, 62
- B16, 20, 61
- C18, 19, 60
- D17, 19, 61
Q18:
Which of the following is not a prime number?
- A2
- B23
- C73
- D68
Q19:
A teacher asked her class to color all the prime numbers between 1 and 10. Here are some of their answers. Which one is correct?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
Q20:
All prime numbers are odd except .
Q21:
Find the smallest prime number that is greater than 40.
Q22:
Benjamin says that 1 is a prime number because it only has 1 factor pair.
Is he correct? Why?
- A No, because all odd numbers are prime.
- B Yes, 1 only has one factor.
- C Yes, because all odd numbers are prime.
- D No, prime numbers have two factors, 1 only has one factor.
- ENo, prime numbers have more than two factors, 1 only has one factor.