What Is a Prime Number?
4/27/202612 min
In this episode of Curious Kids Every Day, we learn what prime and composite numbers are by imagining apples arranged into equal groups!
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First 90 secondsJosh· Host0:00
What is a prime number? [upbeat music] Hi, welcome to Curious Kids Everyday. I'm Josh. How are you doing today? It's so good to hear from you. Hey, do you like numbers? [gentle music] You know, we love numbers and math around here. I always had fun learning math growing up, and now it's fun watching my boys learn, too. Are you learning math yet? Do you have a favorite number? You know, one of my favorite numbers is something called a prime number. Have you ever heard of a prime number? Prime numbers are so cool. It's actually something you'll probably learn more about in school when you're older, but you know what? It's not really even that complicated. I bet I can explain it to you today, and then you'll be ready when you learn about it in school. Do you wanna learn about my favorite numbers today? A prime number is a whole number bigger than one that can only be divided evenly by one and itself. Does that sound complicated? [laughs] It's really not. Watch this. I'm gonna