Q: Is 117,792 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 117,792 is not a prime number.

Why is 117,792 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 117792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 409 818 1,227 1,636 2,454 3,272 3,681 4,908 6,544 7,362 9,816 13,088 14,724 19,632 29,448 39,264 58,896 and 117,792, with no remainder.

Since 117,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,792, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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