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What is the smallest prime number?
The answer
2
The answer was 2. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Why it's right
A prime number has exactly two positive divisors, and 2 is the smallest.
Source trail
This answer is checked against Encyclopaedia Wikipedia: prime number.
About the choices
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- 0 - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- 1 - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- 2 - correct answer.
- 3 - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
What to remember
2 is the one to remember. A prime number has exactly two positive divisors, and 2 is the smallest. 2 is also the only even prime number.
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Sources: Encyclopaedia Wikipedia