Q: Is 138,516,558 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,516,558 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,516,558 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 138516558 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 139 278 307 417 541 614 834 921 1,082 1,623 1,842 3,246 42,673 75,199 85,346 128,019 150,398 166,087 225,597 256,038 332,174 451,194 498,261 996,522 23,086,093 46,172,186 69,258,279 and 138,516,558, with no remainder.

Since 138,516,558 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,516,558, 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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