Is 2005 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
No, 2 005 is not a prime number.
For example, 2 005 can be divided by 5: 2 005 / 5 = 401.
Actually, one can immediately see that 2 005 cannot be prime, because 5 is one of its divisors: indeed, a number ending with 0 or 5 has necessarily 5 among its divisors. The last digit of 2 005 is 5, so it is divisible by 5 and is therefore not prime.
For 2 005 to be a prime number, it would have been required that 2 005 has only two divisors, i.e., itself and 1.
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