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---
id: 5eb3e4aa847216613aa81983
title: Semiprime
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 385318
dashedName: semiprime
---
# --description--
Semiprime numbers are natural numbers that are products of exactly two (possibly equal) [prime numbers](https://rosettacode.org/wiki/prime_number).
<pre>1679 = 23 x 73</pre>
# --instructions--
Write a function that returns true if a number is semiprime, or false if it is not.
# --hints--
`isSemiPrime` should be a function.
```js
assert(typeof isSemiPrime === 'function');
```
`isSemiPrime(100)` should return a boolean.
```js
assert(typeof isSemiPrime(100) === 'boolean');
```
`isSemiPrime(100)` should return `false`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(100), false);
```
`isSemiPrime(504)` should return `false`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(504), false);
```
`isSemiPrime(4)` should return `true`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(4), true);
```
`isSemiPrime(46)` should return `true`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(46), true);
```
`isSemiPrime(13)` should return `false`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(13), false);
```
`isSemiPrime(74)` should return `true`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(74), true);
```
`isSemiPrime(1679)` should return `true`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(1679), true);
```
`isSemiPrime(2)` should return `false`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(2), false);
```
`isSemiPrime(95)` should return `true`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(95), true);
```
`isSemiPrime(124)` should return `false`.
```js
assert.equal(isSemiPrime(124), false);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function isSemiPrime(n) {
}
```
# --solutions--
```js
function isSemiPrime(n) {
if (n <= 3) return false;
var ans = [];
var done = false;
while (!done) {
if (n % 2 === 0) {
ans.push(2);
n /= 2;
continue;
}
if (n % 3 === 0) {
ans.push(3);
n /= 3;
continue;
}
if (n === 1) return ans.length == 2;
var sr = Math.sqrt(n);
done = true;
// try to divide the checked number by all numbers till its square root.
for (var i = 6; i <= sr; i += 6) {
if (n % (i - 1) === 0) {
// is n divisible by i-1?
ans.push(i - 1);
n /= i - 1;
done = false;
break;
}
if (n % (i + 1) === 0) {
// is n divisible by i+1?
ans.push(i + 1);
n /= i + 1;
done = false;
break;
}
}
}
ans.push(n);
return ans.length == 2;
}
```