Q: Is 118,242,736 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,242,736 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,242,736 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 118242736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 509 1,018 2,036 4,072 8,144 14,519 29,038 58,076 116,152 232,304 7,390,171 14,780,342 29,560,684 59,121,368 and 118,242,736, with no remainder.

Since 118,242,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,242,736, 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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