Q: Is 118,728,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,728,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,728,742 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 118728742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 997 1,994 5,413 10,826 10,967 21,934 59,543 119,086 5,396,761 10,793,522 59,364,371 and 118,728,742, with no remainder.

Since 118,728,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,728,742, 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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