Saturday 12 January 2013

NUMBER SYSTEM (3)

by Mr Johari



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The table above shows 2 categories of numbers as depicted by the blue and white shadings. identify these categories of numbers and give 2 additional examples each per category.

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15 comments:

  1. White shadings - Prime Numbers ( examples: 11, 13...)
    Blue shadings - Composite Numbers ( examples: 99, 100)
    ( As for one, since it is supposedly, neither prime nor composite, so I am currently unsure why is it under the blue shading...)

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    1. "One is neither a prime nor a composite number. A prime number is one
      with exactly two positive divisors, itself and one. One has only one
      positive divisor. It cannot be written as a product of two factors,
      neither of which is itself, so one is also not composite. It falls
      in a class of numbers called units. These are the numbers whose
      reciprocals are also whole numbers." http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57036.html

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  2. The white shadings are prime numbers (e.g. 5 and 7).
    The blue shadings are composite numbers(e.g. 55 and 78).

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  3. White shadings are prime numbers. (e.g. 87,99)
    Blue shadings are composite numbers (e.g. 4,6)
    I agree with Xue qin, but they are using the sieve of erasthotenes(sorry if it's spelt wrongly) method, so they just shaded 1 blue, right?

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    1. "One is neither a prime nor a composite number. A prime number is one
      with exactly two positive divisors, itself and one. One has only one
      positive divisor. It cannot be written as a product of two factors,
      neither of which is itself, so one is also not composite. It falls
      in a class of numbers called units. These are the numbers whose
      reciprocals are also whole numbers." http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57036.html

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  4. Numbers in White are prime numbers (eg. 31, 67)
    Numbers in Blue are composite number (eg. 45 , 78)
    @lynette and @Xue qin , i got this explanation which answers your question . "One is neither a prime nor a composite number. A prime number is one
    with exactly two positive divisors, itself and one. One has only one
    positive divisor. It cannot be written as a product of two factors,
    neither of which is itself, so one is also not composite. It falls
    in a class of numbers called units. These are the numbers whose
    reciprocals are also whole numbers." http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57036.html

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  5. White numbers prime (7, 11)
    Blue numbers composite(21, 93)

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  6. The numbers shaded white are prime numbers. e.g. 101,103

    The numbers shaded blue are composite numbers. e.g 102, 104

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  7. White is prime numbers.
    Blue is composite numbers.

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    1. e.g (White): 13,47
      (Blue) : 68,99

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  8. The numbers in white are prime numbers such as 3,5,7
    The numbers in blue are composite numbers like 4,6,8

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  9. White: Prime numbers (eg. 3,5,)
    Blue: Composite numbers (eg. 1,4)

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  10. White: Prime numbers (2,3,5,7,11,etc)
    Blue: Composite numbers (4,6,8,9,10, etc)

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  11. White shadings- Prime numbers (eg. 2, 3, 5, 7 etc)
    Blue shadings- Composite numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 8, 9 etc)

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