Prime Numbers | āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧰ āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž – āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


Prime Numbers | āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž 


A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself. (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ā§§-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻāύ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž, āϝāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇—ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχāĨ¤)


Examples | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31...


Prime Numbers from 1 to 100 | ā§§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļā§ĻāϞ⧈ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97


Total Prime Numbers (1–100): 25 [āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (ā§§–ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ): ⧍ā§ĢāϟāĻž]


How to Test a Prime Number | āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ


To check whether a number N is prime N āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ -


    Find √N. (√N āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤)



  • Divide N by all prime numbers less than or equal to √N. (√N-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§°ā§‡ N āĻ• āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)

  • If N is divisible by any of them, it is composite. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āχ āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)

  • If it is not divisible by any of them, it is prime. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāϟāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āχ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)


Example | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ


Check whether 37 is prime. | ā§Šā§­ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


                                     √37 ≈ 6.08


Prime numbers ≤ 6.08 are 2, 3, 5. (ā§Ŧ.ā§Ļā§Ž-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ 2, 3, 5āĨ¤)



  • 37 ÷ 2 → Not divisible | āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • 37 ÷ 3 → Not divisible | āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • 37 ÷ 5 → Not divisible | āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āύāĻžāϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ


Therefore, 37 is a Prime Number. (āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, ā§Šā§­ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)


Tricks: Check only prime numbers up to √N, not all numbers. (āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ √N-āϞ⧈āϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ“āĻ•, āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§°ā§‡ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Composite (Non-Prime) Numbers | āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


A composite number is a natural number greater than 1 that has more than two factors. (āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ā§§-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻāύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž, āϝāĻžā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Examples | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16...


Number of Prime Numbers between 1 and 20 ? | ā§§ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧍ā§Ļ āϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers) āφāϛ⧇ ? : Click Here


Important Facts | āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ


2 is the smallest and only even prime number. (⧍ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)


Every even number greater than 2 is composite. (⧍-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤)


1 is neither prime nor composite. (ā§§ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻ“ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĻ“ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Every natural number greater than 1 is either prime or composite. (ā§§-āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•, āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤)


There are infinitely many prime numbers. (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽāĨ¤)


Twin Prime Numbers | āϝāĻŽāϜ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


Two prime numbers that differ by 2 are called Twin Primes. (āϝāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ ⧍, āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤāĻ• āϝāĻŽāϜ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Examples | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : (3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), (41, 43), (59, 61), (71, 73)


Prime Factorization | āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ


Expressing a number as the product of prime numbers is called Prime Factorization. (āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Examples | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • 24 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 = 2³ × 3

  • 60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 2² × 3 × 5

  • 84 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 = 2² × 3 × 7


Exam Tips | āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ›


Memorize all 25 prime numbers from 1 to 100. (ā§§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļā§ĻāϞ⧈ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž ⧍ā§ĢāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻ•āĨ¤)


Learn the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. (⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ģ, ā§­ āφ⧰⧁ ā§§ā§§-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤāĻžā§° āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•āĨ¤)


Use the √N rule to test whether a number is prime. (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ √N āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Practice prime factorization regularly. (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Remember | āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ



  • 2 → Only even prime number. (⧍ → āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)

  • 1 → Neither prime nor composite. (ā§§ → āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻ“ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ⧌āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĻ“ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)