Q: Is 97,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 97,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 97,216 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 97216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 49 56 62 64 98 112 124 196 217 224 248 392 434 448 496 784 868 992 1,519 1,568 1,736 1,984 3,038 3,136 3,472 6,076 6,944 12,152 13,888 24,304 48,608 and 97,216, with no remainder.

Since 97,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,216, 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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