Q: Is 144,976 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 144,976 is not a prime number.

Why is 144,976 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 144976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 17 26 34 41 52 68 82 104 136 164 208 221 272 328 442 533 656 697 884 1,066 1,394 1,768 2,132 2,788 3,536 4,264 5,576 8,528 9,061 11,152 18,122 36,244 72,488 and 144,976, with no remainder.

Since 144,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 144,976, 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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