Q: Is 78,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,432 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 78432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 43 48 57 76 86 96 114 129 152 172 228 258 304 344 456 516 608 688 817 912 1,032 1,376 1,634 1,824 2,064 2,451 3,268 4,128 4,902 6,536 9,804 13,072 19,608 26,144 39,216 and 78,432, with no remainder.

Since 78,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,432, 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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