SOLUTION: Is 191 a prime number.How do i find out?

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Question 4871: Is 191 a prime number.How do i find out?
Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First find the and find that it is a number between 13 and 14, since and .

Now you must divide 191 by each prime number up to and including 14, and show that 191 is NOT divisible by any of those numbers. Since 191 is NOT divisible by 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, or 13, this is a prime number.

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