Q: Is 137,277,708 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 137,277,708 is not a prime number.

Why is 137,277,708 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 137277708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 46 69 92 138 276 491 982 1,013 1,473 1,964 2,026 2,946 3,039 4,052 5,892 6,078 11,293 12,156 22,586 23,299 33,879 45,172 46,598 67,758 69,897 93,196 135,516 139,794 279,588 497,383 994,766 1,492,149 1,989,532 2,984,298 5,968,596 11,439,809 22,879,618 34,319,427 45,759,236 68,638,854 and 137,277,708, with no remainder.

Since 137,277,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,277,708, 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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