Q: Is 78,981 a Prime Number?

A: No, 78,981 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,981 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 78981 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 3,761 11,283 26,327 and 78,981, with no remainder.

Since 78,981 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,981, it is not a prime number.

Number	78,979	78,980	78,982	78,983
Prime?	yes	no	no	no

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

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