Q: Is 855,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 855,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 855,008 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 855008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 77 88 112 154 176 224 308 347 352 616 694 1,232 1,388 2,429 2,464 2,776 3,817 4,858 5,552 7,634 9,716 11,104 15,268 19,432 26,719 30,536 38,864 53,438 61,072 77,728 106,876 122,144 213,752 427,504 and 855,008, with no remainder.

Since 855,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 855,008, it is not a prime number.


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