Q: Is 138,388,878 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,388,878 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,388,878 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 138388878 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 43 54 86 107 129 214 258 321 387 557 642 774 963 1,114 1,161 1,671 1,926 2,322 2,889 3,342 4,601 5,013 5,778 9,202 10,026 13,803 15,039 23,951 27,606 30,078 41,409 47,902 59,599 71,853 82,818 119,198 124,227 143,706 178,797 215,559 248,454 357,594 431,118 536,391 646,677 1,072,782 1,293,354 1,609,173 2,562,757 3,218,346 5,125,514 7,688,271 15,376,542 23,064,813 46,129,626 69,194,439 and 138,388,878, with no remainder.

Since 138,388,878 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,388,878, 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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