Q: Is 138,706,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,706,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,706,472 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 138706472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 137 271 274 467 542 548 934 1,084 1,096 1,868 2,168 3,736 37,127 63,979 74,254 126,557 127,958 148,508 253,114 255,916 297,016 506,228 511,832 1,012,456 17,338,309 34,676,618 69,353,236 and 138,706,472, with no remainder.

Since 138,706,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,706,472, 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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