Learn English – a non-prime number greater than 1 called in English

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I know that this a math question, but as it is really a very basic math concept I think any English user would know it, and it must be more related to English than knowing the math.

We call a number that is greater than 1 and is only divisible by 1 and itself, a prime number. What is a non-prime number greater than 1 called?

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From Wikipedia:

Composite (number)
A composite number is a positive integer that can be formed by multiplying together two smaller positive integers. Equivalently, it is a positive integer that has at least one divisor other than 1 and itself. Every positive integer is composite, prime, or the unit 1, so the composite numbers are exactly the numbers that are not prime and not a unit.

It's not a math question. It's a question about a word. No different than if you asked, as in another question I read today, what legislation and autonomy are. Those are words about concepts in law or political science. But asking about their meanings isn't a question of law or political science.

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