Q: Is 3,168 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,168 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,168 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 3168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 528 792 1,056 1,584 and 3,168, with no remainder.

Since 3,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,168, it is not a prime number.


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