Q: Is 4,970 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,970 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 4970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 35 70 71 142 355 497 710 994 2,485 and 4,970, with no remainder.

Since 4,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,970, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,968	4,969	4,971	4,972
Prime?	no	yes	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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