Q: Is 71,176 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,176 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,176 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 71176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 41 56 62 82 124 164 217 248 287 328 434 574 868 1,148 1,271 1,736 2,296 2,542 5,084 8,897 10,168 17,794 35,588 and 71,176, with no remainder.

Since 71,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,176, 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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