Q: Is 178,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 178,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 178,760 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 178760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 41 82 109 164 205 218 328 410 436 545 820 872 1,090 1,640 2,180 4,360 4,469 8,938 17,876 22,345 35,752 44,690 89,380 and 178,760, with no remainder.

Since 178,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 178,760, 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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