Q: Is 3,096 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,096 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,096 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 3096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 43 72 86 129 172 258 344 387 516 774 1,032 1,548 and 3,096, with no remainder.

Since 3,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,096, 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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