Q: Is 59,696 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 59,696 is not a prime number.

Why is 59,696 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 59696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 41 52 56 82 91 104 112 164 182 208 287 328 364 533 574 656 728 1,066 1,148 1,456 2,132 2,296 3,731 4,264 4,592 7,462 8,528 14,924 29,848 and 59,696, with no remainder.

Since 59,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 59,696, 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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