Q: Is 70,005 a Prime Number?

A: No, 70,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,005 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 70005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 13 15 39 65 195 359 1,077 1,795 4,667 5,385 14,001 23,335 and 70,005, with no remainder.

Since 70,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,005, it is not a prime number.

Number	70,003	70,004	70,006	70,007
Prime?	yes	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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