Q: Is 9,696 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 9,696 is not a prime number.

Why is 9,696 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 9696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 101 202 303 404 606 808 1,212 1,616 2,424 3,232 4,848 and 9,696, with no remainder.

Since 9,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,696, it is not a prime number.


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