Q: Is 5,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,940 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 5940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 54 55 60 66 90 99 108 110 132 135 165 180 198 220 270 297 330 396 495 540 594 660 990 1,188 1,485 1,980 2,970 and 5,940, with no remainder.

Since 5,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,940, it is not a prime number.


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