Q: Is 137,008,578 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 137,008,578 is not a prime number.

Why is 137,008,578 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 137008578 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 43 86 107 129 214 258 301 321 602 642 709 749 903 1,418 1,498 1,806 2,127 2,247 4,254 4,494 4,601 4,963 9,202 9,926 13,803 14,889 27,606 29,778 30,487 32,207 60,974 64,414 75,863 91,461 96,621 151,726 182,922 193,242 213,409 227,589 426,818 455,178 531,041 640,227 1,062,082 1,280,454 1,593,123 3,186,246 3,262,109 6,524,218 9,786,327 19,572,654 22,834,763 45,669,526 68,504,289 and 137,008,578, with no remainder.

Since 137,008,578 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,008,578, 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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