Q: Is 178,880 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 178,880 is not a prime number.

Why is 178,880 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 178880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 43 52 64 65 80 86 104 130 160 172 208 215 260 320 344 416 430 520 559 688 832 860 1,040 1,118 1,376 1,720 2,080 2,236 2,752 2,795 3,440 4,160 4,472 5,590 6,880 8,944 11,180 13,760 17,888 22,360 35,776 44,720 89,440 and 178,880, with no remainder.

Since 178,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 178,880, 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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