Q: Is 712,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 712,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 712,000 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 712000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 89 100 125 160 178 200 250 320 356 400 445 500 712 800 890 1,000 1,424 1,600 1,780 2,000 2,225 2,848 3,560 4,000 4,450 5,696 7,120 8,000 8,900 11,125 14,240 17,800 22,250 28,480 35,600 44,500 71,200 89,000 142,400 178,000 356,000 and 712,000, with no remainder.

Since 712,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 712,000, it is not a prime number.


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