Prime Number Checker
Prime numbers are the building blocks of mathematics, and in Prime Number Checker, you will be writing the logic to identify them. A number is "prime" if it is greater than 1 and can only be divided by 1 and itself without leaving a remainder.
Your job is to take an input number and figure out if it fits that definition. Usually, this means checking if any other numbers (like 2, 3, or anything up to half of the number) can divide into it cleanly. If you find even one divisor, the number is not prime.
Take 7 for example; nothing divides it except 1 and 7, so it is Prime. But if you check 10, you will quickly see that 2 and 5 both work, which means 10 is definitely not prime. Your algorithm should be able to give a simple "PRIME" or "NOT PRIME" verdict for any number it receives.
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Solution Approach
A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. The basic approach is to test for divisibility.
We check every integer starting from 2 up to n DIV 2. If n is divisible by any of these numbers (meaning n mod i = 0), then it cannot be prime. For larger numbers, this can be further optimized by checking only up to the square root of n.
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