Q: Is 72,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,760 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 72760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 107 136 170 214 340 428 535 680 856 1,070 1,819 2,140 3,638 4,280 7,276 9,095 14,552 18,190 36,380 and 72,760, with no remainder.

Since 72,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,760, 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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