Q: Is 78,016 a Prime Number?

A: No, 78,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,016 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 78016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 46 53 64 92 106 184 212 368 424 736 848 1,219 1,472 1,696 2,438 3,392 4,876 9,752 19,504 39,008 and 78,016, with no remainder.

Since 78,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,016, it is not a prime number.

Number	78,014	78,015	78,017	78,018
Prime?	no	no	yes	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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