Q: Is 138,487,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,487,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,487,340 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 138487340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 410 820 168,887 337,774 675,548 844,435 1,688,870 3,377,740 6,924,367 13,848,734 27,697,468 34,621,835 69,243,670 and 138,487,340, with no remainder.

Since 138,487,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,487,340, 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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