Question: what is the difference between prime numbers and composite numbers?
Answer: Summary: A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself. A composite number has more than two factors. ... 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.