Find Composite / Prime

Free interactive math game: Find Composite / Prime — Pick from a set. Part of the Divisibility & Numbers category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. Which of these numbers is composite?
  2. Which of these numbers is prime?

About this exercise

Picking out the composite or the prime from a set of numbers.

How to solve it

Run the quick divisibility tests over each option. A single divisor other than one and itself settles the matter.

Worked example

Among 11, 13, 15 and 17 only 15 divides by 3 and 5, so 15 is the composite one.

Common mistake

Assuming odd means prime. 9, 15 and 21 are all odd and all composite.