Q: Is 178,704 a Prime Number?
A: No, 178,704 is 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 178704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 68 72 73 102 136 144 146 153 204 219 272 292 306 408 438 584 612 657 816 876 1,168 1,224 1,241 1,314 1,752 2,448 2,482 2,628 3,504 3,723 4,964 5,256 7,446 9,928 10,512 11,169 14,892 19,856 22,338 29,784 44,676 59,568 89,352 and 178,704, with no remainder.
Since 178,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 178,704, it is not a prime number.