Q: Is 78,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,672 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 78672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 149 176 264 298 447 528 596 894 1,192 1,639 1,788 2,384 3,278 3,576 4,917 6,556 7,152 9,834 13,112 19,668 26,224 39,336 and 78,672, with no remainder.

Since 78,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,672, 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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