Q: Is 117,138,609 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 117,138,609 is not a prime number.

Why is 117,138,609 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 117138609 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 23 27 63 69 161 189 207 483 621 1,449 4,347 26,947 80,841 188,629 242,523 565,887 619,781 727,569 1,697,661 1,859,343 4,338,467 5,092,983 5,578,029 13,015,401 16,734,087 39,046,203 and 117,138,609, with no remainder.

Since 117,138,609 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,138,609, 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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