Q: Is 118,740,846 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,740,846 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,740,846 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 118740846 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 307 614 921 1,842 2,149 4,298 6,447 9,209 12,894 18,418 27,627 55,254 64,463 128,926 193,389 386,778 2,827,163 5,654,326 8,481,489 16,962,978 19,790,141 39,580,282 59,370,423 and 118,740,846, with no remainder.

Since 118,740,846 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,740,846, 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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