Q: Is 138,537,585 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,537,585 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,537,585 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 138537585 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 157 471 785 1,413 2,355 7,065 19,609 58,827 98,045 176,481 294,135 882,405 3,078,613 9,235,839 15,393,065 27,707,517 46,179,195 and 138,537,585, with no remainder.

Since 138,537,585 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,537,585, 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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