Q: Is 50,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,940 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 50940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 283 566 849 1,132 1,415 1,698 2,547 2,830 3,396 4,245 5,094 5,660 8,490 10,188 12,735 16,980 25,470 and 50,940, with no remainder.

Since 50,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,940, 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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