Q: Is 85,728 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 85,728 is not a prime number.

Why is 85,728 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 85728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 47 48 57 76 94 96 114 141 152 188 228 282 304 376 456 564 608 752 893 912 1,128 1,504 1,786 1,824 2,256 2,679 3,572 4,512 5,358 7,144 10,716 14,288 21,432 28,576 42,864 and 85,728, with no remainder.

Since 85,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 85,728, 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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