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              Co-prime Numbers

              A pair of numbers that does not have any common factors other than 1 are called
              co-prime numbers.

              Example:      Factors of 15 = 1, 3, 5 and 15
                                                                      The only common factor is 1.      Note
                            Factors of 16 = 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16                                     Any two

              So, 15 and 16 are co-prime numbers.                                                 consecutive
                                                                                                  numbers are always
              Twin Prime Numbers                                                                  co-prime numbers.


              Pair of prime numbers that differ by 2 are called twin prime numbers. For example,
                  Š 3 and 5 are twin prime numbers.

                  Š 11 and 13 are twin prime numbers.

              Example: Check the following number is prime or composite.
                    (a)  43                 (b)  56                  (c)  91                  (d)  97

              Solution:
                    (a)  Factors of 43 = 1 × 43

                         Clearly, 43 has two factors, 1 and the number itself.  So, it is a prime number.

                    (b)  56 = 1 × 56 = 2 × 28 = 4 × 14 = 7 × 8

                         Factors of 56 = 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28 and 56

                         Clearly, 56 has more than two factors, i.e., 8 factors.  So, it is a composite number.

                    (c)  91 = 1 × 91 = 7 × 13

                         Factors of 91 = 1, 7, 13 and 91


                         Clearly, 91 has more than two factors, i.e., 4 factors.  So, it is a composite number.
                    (d)  97 = 1 × 97


                         Factors of 97 = 1 and 97
                         Clearly, 97 has two factors, 1 and the number itself.  So, it is a prime number.


              PRIME FACTORISATION


              The process  of  expressing  a number  as a product of  its  prime  factors only is called  the
              prime factorisation.
              For example, 12 = 2 × 2 × 3,   18 = 2 × 3 × 3,  10 = 2 × 5, etc.

              There are two methods of prime factorisation.

                    (a)  Factor tree method                          (b)  Division method



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