Q: Is 117,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 117,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 117,840 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 117840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 240 491 982 1,473 1,964 2,455 2,946 3,928 4,910 5,892 7,365 7,856 9,820 11,784 14,730 19,640 23,568 29,460 39,280 58,920 and 117,840, with no remainder.

Since 117,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,840, it is not a prime number.


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