Q: Is 179,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 179,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 179,872 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 179872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 73 77 88 112 146 154 176 224 292 308 352 511 584 616 803 1,022 1,168 1,232 1,606 2,044 2,336 2,464 3,212 4,088 5,621 6,424 8,176 11,242 12,848 16,352 22,484 25,696 44,968 89,936 and 179,872, with no remainder.

Since 179,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 179,872, it is not a prime number.


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