I am a number that feels like a friend but is always alone, what am I?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider qualities of numbers.
Answer
A lonely prime
Explanation
A prime number has no divisors other than 1 and itself, making it 'lonely.'
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A lonely prime.
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