Q: Is 9,936 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 9,936 is not a prime number.

Why is 9,936 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 9936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 184 207 216 276 368 414 432 552 621 828 1,104 1,242 1,656 2,484 3,312 4,968 and 9,936, with no remainder.

Since 9,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,936, it is not a prime number.


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