31. Practice: Loops

Coding Quiz: Check for Prime Numbers

Prime numbers are whole numbers that have only two factors: 1 and the number itself. The first few prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7.

For instance, 6 has four factors: 1, 2, 3, 6.

1 X 6 = 6

2 X 3 = 6

So we know 6 is not a prime number.

In the following coding environment, write code to check if the numbers provided in the list check_prime are prime numbers.

• If the numbers are prime, the code should print "[number] is a prime number."
• If the number is NOT a prime number, it should print "[number] is not a prime number", and a factor of that number, other than 1 and the number itself: "[factor] is a factor of [number]".

Example output:
7 IS a prime number 26 is NOT a prime number, because 2 is a factor of 26

Start Quiz:

## Your code should check if each number in the list is a prime number
check_prime = [26, 39, 51, 53, 57, 79, 85]

## write your code here
## HINT: You can use the modulo operator to find a factor