Q: Is 99,979 a Prime Number?
A: No, 99,979 is 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 99979 can be evenly divided by 1 11 61 149 671 1,639 9,089 and 99,979, with no remainder.
Since 99,979 cannot be divided by just 1 and 99,979, it is not a prime number.