what occurs when a composite number is expressed as a product of factors that are all prime

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a Composite number means it is a number that has prime factors other then itself and one (1).  Prime means one (1) times itself only.

therefore

18 is not prime but composite because 18 = 2 * 3 * 3, it has more than just one prime number in it's base prime factors.

7 is prime because it is 7 = 1 * 7.

16 is composite

11 is prime
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