Q: Is 3,136 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,136 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,136 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 3136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 98 112 196 224 392 448 784 1,568 and 3,136, with no remainder.

Since 3,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,136, it is not a prime number.


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