Q: Is 78,440 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,440 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,440 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 78440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 37 40 53 74 106 148 185 212 265 296 370 424 530 740 1,060 1,480 1,961 2,120 3,922 7,844 9,805 15,688 19,610 39,220 and 78,440, with no remainder.

Since 78,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,440, 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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