Q: Is 87,890 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 87,890 is not a prime number.

Why is 87,890 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 87890 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 11 17 22 34 47 55 85 94 110 170 187 235 374 470 517 799 935 1,034 1,598 1,870 2,585 3,995 5,170 7,990 8,789 17,578 43,945 and 87,890, with no remainder.

Since 87,890 cannot be divided by just 1 and 87,890, 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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