Q: Is 131,648 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 131,648 is not a prime number.

Why is 131,648 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 131648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 32 34 44 64 68 88 121 136 176 187 242 272 352 374 484 544 704 748 968 1,088 1,496 1,936 2,057 2,992 3,872 4,114 5,984 7,744 8,228 11,968 16,456 32,912 65,824 and 131,648, with no remainder.

Since 131,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,648, 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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