Q: Is 140,946 a Prime Number?

A: No, 140,946 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,946 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 140946 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78 139 169 278 338 417 507 834 1,014 1,807 3,614 5,421 10,842 23,491 46,982 70,473 and 140,946, with no remainder.

Since 140,946 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,946, it is not a prime number.

Number	140,944	140,945	140,947	140,948
Prime?	no	no	no	no

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

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