A natural number is prime if it is greater than 1 and has no divisors other than 1 and itself. Example: 8 isn't a prime number, as you can divide it by 2 and 4 (we can't use divisors equal to 1 and 8 as the definition prohibits this). On the other hand, 7 is a prime number as we can't find any legal divisors for it.   Your task is to write a function checking whether a number is prime or not. in phython langauge Ques: The function: is called IsPrime() takes one argument (the value to check) returns True if the argument is a prime number, and False otherwise.   Hint: try to divide the argument by all subsequent values (starting from 2) and check the remainder - if it's zero, your number cannot be a prime; think carefully about when you should stop the process. If you need to know the square root of any value you can utilize the ** operator. Remember: the square root of x is the same as x**0.5   Write a code that calculates all the prime numbers between 1 and 20. (Hint: Use a loop and call the function in each iteration with the proper parameter value)   Run your code and check whether your output is the same as ours. 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19

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A natural number is prime if it is greater than 1 and has no divisors other than 1 and itself.

Example: 8 isn't a prime number, as you can divide it by 2 and 4 (we can't use divisors equal to 1 and 8 as the definition prohibits this). On the other hand, 7 is a prime number as we can't find any legal divisors for it.

 

Your task is to write a function checking whether a number is prime or not.

in phython langauge

Ques: The function:

  • is called IsPrime()
  • takes one argument (the value to check)
  • returns True if the argument is a prime number, and False otherwise.

 

Hint: try to divide the argument by all subsequent values (starting from 2) and check the remainder - if it's zero, your number cannot be a prime; think carefully about when you should stop the process.

If you need to know the square root of any value you can utilize the ** operator. Remember: the square root of x is the same as x**0.5

 

Write a code that calculates all the prime numbers between 1 and 20. (Hint: Use a loop and call the function in each iteration with the proper parameter value)

 

Run your code and check whether your output is the same as ours.

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19

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