Q: Is 4,940 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,940 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 4940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 19 20 26 38 52 65 76 95 130 190 247 260 380 494 988 1,235 2,470 and 4,940, with no remainder.

Since 4,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,940, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,938	4,939	4,941	4,942
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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