Q: Is 167,508 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 167,508 is not a prime number.

Why is 167,508 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 167508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 47 54 66 81 94 99 108 132 141 162 188 198 282 297 324 396 423 517 564 594 846 891 1,034 1,188 1,269 1,551 1,692 1,782 2,068 2,538 3,102 3,564 3,807 4,653 5,076 6,204 7,614 9,306 13,959 15,228 18,612 27,918 41,877 55,836 83,754 and 167,508, with no remainder.

Since 167,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,508, 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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