Prime number/Citable Version
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A prime number is a whole number (i.e, one having no fractional or decimal part) that cannot be evenly divided by any numbers but and itself. The first few prime numbers are , , , , , , and so on. With the exception of , the first few numbers on this list are odd numbers, but not every odd number is prime. For example, and , so neither nor is prime.