How to tell if a number is prime or composite

A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself. Acomposite number has more than two factors. Thenumber 1 is neither prime nor composite. The prime numbers between 2 and 31 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 and 31 since each of these numbers has only two factors, itself and 1.

Prime numbers only have two factors, 1 and itself, and composite numbers have multiple factors.