Q: Is 138,388,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,388,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,388,248 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 138388248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 114 152 171 228 342 456 684 1,368 101,161 202,322 303,483 404,644 606,966 809,288 910,449 1,213,932 1,820,898 1,922,059 2,427,864 3,641,796 3,844,118 5,766,177 7,283,592 7,688,236 11,532,354 15,376,472 17,298,531 23,064,708 34,597,062 46,129,416 69,194,124 and 138,388,248, with no remainder.

Since 138,388,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,388,248, 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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