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Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.

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Numbers are of two types - prime and composite.

Prime numbers has only two factors namely 1 and the number itself whereas composite numbers have factors other than 1 and itself.

For example:

7 is a prime number as it can be divided by 1 and 7 only whereas 14 is a composite number as it can be divided by 7, 2 and 1

From the question it can be observed that,

7 × 11 × 13 + 13 = 13 × (7 × 11 + 1) = 13 × (77 + 1) [ taking 13 common ]

= 13 × 78

= 13 × 13 × 6

The given expression has 6 and 13 as its factors.

Therefore, it is a composite number.

7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 = 5 × (7 × 6 × 4 × 3 × 2 x 1 + 1)

= 5 × (1008 + 1)

= 5 ×1009

In the above we observe that 1009 cannot be factorized further.

Therefore, the given expression has 5 and 1009 as its factors.

Hence, it is a composite number.

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