Q: Is 79,884 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 79,884 is not a prime number.

Why is 79,884 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 79884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 317 634 951 1,268 1,902 2,219 2,853 3,804 4,438 5,706 6,657 8,876 11,412 13,314 19,971 26,628 39,942 and 79,884, with no remainder.

Since 79,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 79,884, 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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