Q: Is 5,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,240 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 5240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 131 262 524 655 1,048 1,310 2,620 and 5,240, with no remainder.

Since 5,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,240, it is not a prime number.


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