Q: Is 78,970 a Prime Number?

A: No, 78,970 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,970 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 78970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 53 106 149 265 298 530 745 1,490 7,897 15,794 39,485 and 78,970, with no remainder.

Since 78,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,970, it is not a prime number.

Number	78,968	78,969	78,971	78,972
Prime?	no	no	no	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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