Q: Is 77,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 77,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 77,740 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 77740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 23 26 46 52 65 92 115 130 169 230 260 299 338 460 598 676 845 1,196 1,495 1,690 2,990 3,380 3,887 5,980 7,774 15,548 19,435 38,870 and 77,740, with no remainder.

Since 77,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,740, it is not a prime number.


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