Classify 93 as prime or composite.(1 point)
Responses
both prime and composite
both prime and composite
composite
composite
prime
prime
neither prime nor composite
Prime
To determine whether 93 is prime or composite, you need to check if it has any factors other than 1 and itself.
To do this, start by dividing 93 by the numbers starting from 2 up to the square root of 93. If any of these numbers evenly divide 93, then 93 is composite. However, if none of these numbers divide 93 evenly, then 93 is prime.
Let's check:
The square root of 93 is approximately 9.64, so we don't need to check numbers higher than 9.
Dividing 93 by 2 gives us a quotient of 46.5, which is not a whole number.
Dividing 93 by 3 gives us a quotient of 31, which is a whole number.
Since 3 is a factor of 93, we can conclude that 93 is composite.
Therefore, the correct response is "composite".