Q: Is 97,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 97,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 97,720 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 97720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 280 349 698 1,396 1,745 2,443 2,792 3,490 4,886 6,980 9,772 12,215 13,960 19,544 24,430 48,860 and 97,720, with no remainder.

Since 97,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 97,720, 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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