Q: Is 70,959 a Prime Number?

A: No, 70,959 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,959 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 70959 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 31 93 109 217 327 651 763 2,289 3,379 10,137 23,653 and 70,959, with no remainder.

Since 70,959 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,959, it is not a prime number.

Number	70,957	70,958	70,960	70,961
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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