Q: Is 96,876 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 96,876 is not a prime number.

Why is 96,876 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 96876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 23 26 27 36 39 46 52 54 69 78 81 92 108 117 138 156 162 207 234 276 299 324 351 414 468 598 621 702 828 897 1,053 1,196 1,242 1,404 1,794 1,863 2,106 2,484 2,691 3,588 3,726 4,212 5,382 7,452 8,073 10,764 16,146 24,219 32,292 48,438 and 96,876, with no remainder.

Since 96,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 96,876, 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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