Q: Is 131,221,431 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 131,221,431 is not a prime number.

Why is 131,221,431 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 131221431 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 33 61 99 183 297 549 671 1,647 2,013 6,039 7,243 18,117 21,729 65,187 79,673 195,561 239,019 441,823 717,057 1,325,469 2,151,171 3,976,407 4,860,053 11,929,221 14,580,159 43,740,477 and 131,221,431, with no remainder.

Since 131,221,431 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,221,431, it is not a prime number.


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Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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