Q: Is 178,940 a Prime Number?
A: No, 178,940 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 178940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 23 46 92 115 230 389 460 778 1,556 1,945 3,890 7,780 8,947 17,894 35,788 44,735 89,470 and 178,940, with no remainder.
Since 178,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 178,940, it is not a prime number.