Q: Is 5,992 a Prime Number?

A: No, 5,992 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,992 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 5992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 107 214 428 749 856 1,498 2,996 and 5,992, with no remainder.

Since 5,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,992, it is not a prime number.

Number	5,990	5,991	5,993	5,994
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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