Q: Is 78,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,840 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 78840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 73 90 108 120 135 146 180 216 219 270 292 360 365 438 540 584 657 730 876 1,080 1,095 1,314 1,460 1,752 1,971 2,190 2,628 2,920 3,285 3,942 4,380 5,256 6,570 7,884 8,760 9,855 13,140 15,768 19,710 26,280 39,420 and 78,840, with no remainder.

Since 78,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,840, it is not a prime number.


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