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An integer is a term that describes the amount of something. An integer may be even (divisible by two) or odd (not divisible by two), positive (more than nothing) or negative (less than nothing), whole (undivided) or fractional (divided into smaller parts), and various other classifications, such as prime (only divisible by itself and one).
 
An integer is a term that describes the amount of something. An integer may be even (divisible by two) or odd (not divisible by two), positive (more than nothing) or negative (less than nothing), whole (undivided) or fractional (divided into smaller parts), and various other classifications, such as prime (only divisible by itself and one).
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Every integer larger than 1 has one unique [[prime]] factorizarion.
    
Some examples of integers: 1, 10/5, 98058493, -87, -3/3, the square root of 9, and 0.
 
Some examples of integers: 1, 10/5, 98058493, -87, -3/3, the square root of 9, and 0.
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