Q: Is 88,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 88,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 88,740 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 88740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 29 30 34 36 45 51 58 60 68 85 87 90 102 116 145 153 170 174 180 204 255 261 290 306 340 348 435 493 510 522 580 612 765 870 986 1,020 1,044 1,305 1,479 1,530 1,740 1,972 2,465 2,610 2,958 3,060 4,437 4,930 5,220 5,916 7,395 8,874 9,860 14,790 17,748 22,185 29,580 44,370 and 88,740, with no remainder.

Since 88,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 88,740, it is not a prime number.


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