Q: Is 131,489,523 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 131,489,523 is not a prime number.

Why is 131,489,523 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 131489523 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 99 227 681 2,043 2,497 5,851 7,491 17,553 22,473 52,659 64,361 193,083 579,249 1,328,177 3,984,531 11,953,593 14,609,947 43,829,841 and 131,489,523, with no remainder.

Since 131,489,523 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,489,523, 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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