Q: Is 78,977 a Prime Number?

A: Yes, 78,977 is a prime number.

Why is 78,977 a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 78977 can be evenly divided by 1 and 78,977, with no remainder.

Since 78,977 can be divided by just 1 and 78,977, it is a prime number.

Number	78,975	78,976	78,978	78,979
Prime?	no	no	no	yes

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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