Q: Is 118,008,378 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,008,378 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,008,378 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 118008378 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 59 118 177 354 531 1,062 111,119 222,238 333,357 666,714 1,000,071 2,000,142 6,556,021 13,112,042 19,668,063 39,336,126 59,004,189 and 118,008,378, with no remainder.

Since 118,008,378 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,008,378, 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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