Q: Is 70,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,000 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 70000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 80 100 112 125 140 175 200 250 280 350 400 500 560 625 700 875 1,000 1,250 1,400 1,750 2,000 2,500 2,800 3,500 4,375 5,000 7,000 8,750 10,000 14,000 17,500 35,000 and 70,000, with no remainder.

Since 70,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,000, it is not a prime number.


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