Q: Is 70,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,720 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 70720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 32 34 40 52 64 65 68 80 85 104 130 136 160 170 208 221 260 272 320 340 416 442 520 544 680 832 884 1,040 1,088 1,105 1,360 1,768 2,080 2,210 2,720 3,536 4,160 4,420 5,440 7,072 8,840 14,144 17,680 35,360 and 70,720, with no remainder.

Since 70,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,720, 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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