Q: Is 195,980 a Prime Number?

A: No, 195,980 is not a prime number.

Why is 195,980 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 195980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 239 410 478 820 956 1,195 2,390 4,780 9,799 19,598 39,196 48,995 97,990 and 195,980, with no remainder.

Since 195,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 195,980, it is not a prime number.

Number	195,978	195,979	195,981	195,982
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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