Q: Is 138,686,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,686,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,686,872 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 138686872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 23 46 92 184 529 1,058 2,116 4,232 32,771 65,542 131,084 262,168 753,733 1,507,466 3,014,932 6,029,864 17,335,859 34,671,718 69,343,436 and 138,686,872, with no remainder.

Since 138,686,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,686,872, 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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