A composite number is a positive integer which is not prime. Note that 1 is neither a prime number nor a composite number (at least that is what I gather).
The first few composite numbers are 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16...
You can find more about composite numbers at
mathworld.
So herein is the answer to the question which I posted:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
P(composite) = 11/20
P(>12) = 8/20
P(composite and >12) = 5/20
Therefore:
P(composite OR >12) = P(composite) + P(>12) - P(composite and >12)
P(composite OR >12) = 11/20 + 8/20 - 5/20
P(composite OR >12) = 7/10
And that is the final answer.