Q: Is 118,537,748 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,537,748 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,537,748 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 118537748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 487 974 1,948 3,409 6,818 8,693 13,636 17,386 34,772 60,851 121,702 243,404 4,233,491 8,466,982 16,933,964 29,634,437 59,268,874 and 118,537,748, with no remainder.

Since 118,537,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,537,748, 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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