Q: Is 79,794 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 79,794 is not a prime number.

Why is 79,794 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 79794 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 31 33 39 62 66 78 93 99 117 143 186 198 234 279 286 341 403 429 558 682 806 858 1,023 1,209 1,287 2,046 2,418 2,574 3,069 3,627 4,433 6,138 7,254 8,866 13,299 26,598 39,897 and 79,794, with no remainder.

Since 79,794 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,794, 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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