Q: Is 78,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,240 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 78240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 120 160 163 240 326 480 489 652 815 978 1,304 1,630 1,956 2,445 2,608 3,260 3,912 4,890 5,216 6,520 7,824 9,780 13,040 15,648 19,560 26,080 39,120 and 78,240, with no remainder.

Since 78,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,240, it is not a prime number.


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