Q: Is 138,720,474 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,720,474 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,720,474 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 138720474 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 31 37 62 74 93 111 186 222 279 333 558 666 1,147 2,294 3,441 6,719 6,882 10,323 13,438 20,157 20,646 40,314 60,471 120,942 208,289 248,603 416,578 497,206 624,867 745,809 1,249,734 1,491,618 1,874,601 2,237,427 3,749,202 4,474,854 7,706,693 15,413,386 23,120,079 46,240,158 69,360,237 and 138,720,474, with no remainder.

Since 138,720,474 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,720,474, 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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