Q: Is 5,978 a Prime Number?
A: No, 5,978 is 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 5978 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 61 98 122 427 854 2,989 and 5,978, with no remainder.
Since 5,978 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,978, it is not a prime number.