Q: Is 6,970 a Prime Number?

A: No, 6,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 6,970 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 6970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 17 34 41 82 85 170 205 410 697 1,394 3,485 and 6,970, with no remainder.

Since 6,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,970, it is not a prime number.

Number	6,968	6,969	6,971	6,972
Prime?	no	no	yes	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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