A certain number is a whole number. If the number is also composite, what must be true about the number?

There will be more that two factors of number including 1.

Explanation:

Given:

certain number is a whole number

Number is also composite.

Need to determine what must be true about the number

1) Number is a positive number as 0 is not a composite number and whole number do not include negative numbers.

2) There will be more that two factors of the number including 1.

Example - consider 4. Factors are 2, 2, 1. consider 35, factors are 7 and 5 and 1.