Answer to Question #283365 in Mechanical Engineering for pankaj

Question

Find if the given integer is prime number

Answer 1

If a given number is only divisible by 1 or by itself, it is called as a prime number.

If any number is given is 'x', we must decide the number by 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, .. and if get a whole number as outcome of division then number is not a prime number.

Following are the examples of prime number,

2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19, 23,....