Q: Is 177,520 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 177,520 is not a prime number.

Why is 177,520 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 177520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 80 112 140 280 317 560 634 1,268 1,585 2,219 2,536 3,170 4,438 5,072 6,340 8,876 11,095 12,680 17,752 22,190 25,360 35,504 44,380 88,760 and 177,520, with no remainder.

Since 177,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 177,520, 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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