Q: Is 96,976 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 96,976 is not a prime number.

Why is 96,976 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 96976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 29 38 44 58 76 88 116 152 176 209 232 304 319 418 464 551 638 836 1,102 1,276 1,672 2,204 2,552 3,344 4,408 5,104 6,061 8,816 12,122 24,244 48,488 and 96,976, with no remainder.

Since 96,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 96,976, 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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