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  1. What is a prime number? Answer: A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.

  2. What is the smallest prime number? Answer: The smallest prime number is 2.

  3. Is 1 considered a prime number? Answer: No, 1 is not considered a prime number because it only has one positive divisor.

  4. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100? Answer: There are 25 prime numbers between 1 and 100.

  5. What is the largest known prime number? Answer: As of now, the largest known prime number is 2^82,589,933 − 1, which has 24,862,048 digits.

  6. Can prime numbers be negative? Answer: No, prime numbers are defined as natural numbers greater than 1, so they cannot be negative.

  7. Are there infinitely many prime numbers? Answer: Yes, there are infinitely many prime numbers. This was proven by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid.

  8. What is the sum of the first 10 prime numbers? Answer: The sum of the first 10 prime numbers is 129.

  9. Can prime numbers be even? Answer: Yes, the only even prime number is 2. All other prime numbers are odd.

  10. Are prime numbers used in cryptography? Answer: Yes, prime numbers play a crucial role in modern cryptography algorithms, such as RSA encryption.