Q: Is 102,072,879 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 102,072,879 is not a prime number.

Why is 102,072,879 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 102072879 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 17 27 51 81 153 243 459 1,377 4,131 24,709 74,127 222,381 420,053 667,143 1,260,159 2,001,429 3,780,477 6,004,287 11,341,431 34,024,293 and 102,072,879, with no remainder.

Since 102,072,879 cannot be divided by just 1 and 102,072,879, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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