Q: Is 2,970 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,970 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 2970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 90 99 110 135 165 198 270 297 330 495 594 990 1,485 and 2,970, with no remainder.

Since 2,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,970, it is not a prime number.


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