Q: Is 176,970 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 176,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 176,970 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 176970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 85 102 170 255 347 510 694 1,041 1,735 2,082 3,470 5,205 5,899 10,410 11,798 17,697 29,495 35,394 58,990 88,485 and 176,970, with no remainder.

Since 176,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 176,970, 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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