Q: Is 121,789,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 121,789,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 121,789,072 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 121789072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 43 86 172 344 688 177,019 354,038 708,076 1,416,152 2,832,304 7,611,817 15,223,634 30,447,268 60,894,536 and 121,789,072, with no remainder.

Since 121,789,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,789,072, 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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