Which of the following numbers are prime? Multi-select Choices: (A)17 (B)3 (C)8 (D)10

Check Prime Number 17: Step 1: Check if 17 is a prime number. A prime number has only two distinct positive divisors: 1 and itself. Testing 17, it is not divisible by 2, 3, 5, or 7, the primes less than its square root. Check Prime Number 3: Step 2: Check if 3 is a prime number. 3 is only divisible by 1 and 3. Check Prime Number 8: Step 3: Check if 8 is a prime number. 8 is divisible by 1, 2, 4, and 8. Since it has more than two divisors, it is not prime. Check Prime Number 10: Step 4: Check if 10 is a prime number. 10 is divisible by 1, 2, 5, and 10. It has more than two divisors, so it's not prime.

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Which of the following numbers are prime? $\newline$ Multi-select Choices: $\newline$ (A) $17$ $\newline$ (B) $3$ $\newline$ (C) $8$ $\newline$ (D) $10$

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Q. Which of the following numbers are prime?

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Multi-select Choices:

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(A)

17

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(B)

3

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(C)

8

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(D)

10

Check Prime Number $17$ : Step $1$ : Check if $17$ is a prime number. A prime number has only two distinct positive divisors: $1$ and itself. Testing $17$ , it is not divisible by $2$ , $3$ , $5$ , or $7$ , the primes less than its square root.
Check Prime Number $3$ : Step $2$ : Check if $3$ is a prime number. $3$ is only divisible by $1$ and $3$ .
Check Prime Number $8$ : Step $3$ : Check if $8$ is a prime number. $8$ is divisible by $1$ , $2$ , $4$ , and $8$ . Since it has more than two divisors, it is not prime.
Check Prime Number $10$ : Step $4$ : Check if $10$ is a prime number. $10$ is divisible by $1$ , $2$ , $5$ , and $10$ . It has more than two divisors, so it's not prime.