Q: Is 9,888 a Prime Number?

A: No, 9,888 is not a prime number.

Why is 9,888 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 9888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 103 206 309 412 618 824 1,236 1,648 2,472 3,296 4,944 and 9,888, with no remainder.

Since 9,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,888, it is not a prime number.

Number	9,886	9,887	9,889	9,890
Prime?	no	yes	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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