Q: Is 208,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 208,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 208,000 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 208000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 32 40 50 52 64 65 80 100 104 125 128 130 160 200 208 250 260 320 325 400 416 500 520 640 650 800 832 1,000 1,040 1,300 1,600 1,625 1,664 2,000 2,080 2,600 3,200 3,250 4,000 4,160 5,200 6,500 8,000 8,320 10,400 13,000 16,000 20,800 26,000 41,600 52,000 104,000 and 208,000, with no remainder.

Since 208,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 208,000, it is not a prime number.


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