Q: Is 3,976 a Prime Number?

A: No, 3,976 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,976 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 3976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 71 142 284 497 568 994 1,988 and 3,976, with no remainder.

Since 3,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,976, it is not a prime number.

Number	3,974	3,975	3,977	3,978
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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