BNU1501
Basic Numeracy
Department of Decision
Sciences
Assignment 5
Semester 2
Due Date: 29 September 2023
Total Marks: 100
Please work through all the study material before answering the assignment
questions:
Study material: All Chapters of the Study Guide
Question 1
Which one of the following numbers is a prime number?
[1] 14
[2] 15
[3] 18
[4] 19
Answer:
Refer to page 42 of the study guide:
Note: Prime numbers all have only two factors, namely 1 and the number itself, for example, 7
has no other factors than 1 and 7. Another such a number is 11. We can try to list the prime
numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, etc.
(Note that 19 is divisible by 1 and itself only)
Basic Numeracy
Department of Decision
Sciences
Assignment 5
Semester 2
Due Date: 29 September 2023
Total Marks: 100
Please work through all the study material before answering the assignment
questions:
Study material: All Chapters of the Study Guide
Question 1
Which one of the following numbers is a prime number?
[1] 14
[2] 15
[3] 18
[4] 19
Answer:
Refer to page 42 of the study guide:
Note: Prime numbers all have only two factors, namely 1 and the number itself, for example, 7
has no other factors than 1 and 7. Another such a number is 11. We can try to list the prime
numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, etc.
(Note that 19 is divisible by 1 and itself only)
