Q: Is 138,646,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,646,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,646,840 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 138646840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 3,466,171 6,932,342 13,864,684 17,330,855 27,729,368 34,661,710 69,323,420 and 138,646,840, with no remainder.

Since 138,646,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,646,840, 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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