Q: Is 138,720,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,720,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,720,472 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 138720472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 359 718 1,436 2,872 3,949 4,391 7,898 8,782 15,796 17,564 31,592 35,128 48,301 96,602 193,204 386,408 1,576,369 3,152,738 6,305,476 12,610,952 17,340,059 34,680,118 69,360,236 and 138,720,472, with no remainder.

Since 138,720,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,720,472, 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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