Try dividing 179 by all the primes from 2 to 13 inclusive. You will always have a non-zero remainder. And since 17 is greater than the square root of 179, there cannot be any other factors. Therefore, the only factors of 179 are 1 and itself. That is, it is a prime.
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179 is prime. It is only evenly divisible by itself and one.
To simplify 179, we need to find its prime factors. Since 179 is a prime number, its only factors are 1 and 179. Therefore, the simplified form of 179 is just 179 itself.
There are a lot more than 40 prime numbers.The 40th one is 179, and there are millions more that are larger.
you bet it is! One hundred and seventy nine is a prime number. You might even say it'soptimusprime. But of course, that wouldn't make any sensetherefore its not a composite :)its a prime
1, 2, 4, 8, 179, 358, 716, 1432 2 and 179 are prime.