Q: Is 139,896 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 139,896 is not a prime number.

Why is 139,896 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 139896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 58 67 72 87 116 134 174 201 232 261 268 348 402 522 536 603 696 804 1,044 1,206 1,608 1,943 2,088 2,412 3,886 4,824 5,829 7,772 11,658 15,544 17,487 23,316 34,974 46,632 69,948 and 139,896, with no remainder.

Since 139,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 139,896, 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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