Q: Is 131,904 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 131,904 is not a prime number.

Why is 131,904 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 131904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 144 192 229 288 458 576 687 916 1,374 1,832 2,061 2,748 3,664 4,122 5,496 7,328 8,244 10,992 14,656 16,488 21,984 32,976 43,968 65,952 and 131,904, with no remainder.

Since 131,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,904, it is not a prime number.


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