Q: Is 79,460 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 79,460 is not a prime number.

Why is 79,460 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 79460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 29 58 116 137 145 274 290 548 580 685 1,370 2,740 3,973 7,946 15,892 19,865 39,730 and 79,460, with no remainder.

Since 79,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,460, it is not a prime number.


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Number 79,45879,45979,46179,462
Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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