Q: Is 70,503 a Prime Number?

A: No, 70,503 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,503 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 70503 can be evenly divided by 1 3 71 213 331 993 23,501 and 70,503, with no remainder.

Since 70,503 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,503, it is not a prime number.

Number	70,501	70,502	70,504	70,505
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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