Q: Is 65,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 65,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 65,000 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 65000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 100 104 125 130 200 250 260 325 500 520 625 650 1,000 1,250 1,300 1,625 2,500 2,600 3,250 5,000 6,500 8,125 13,000 16,250 32,500 and 65,000, with no remainder.

Since 65,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 65,000, it is not a prime number.


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

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