Q: Is 138,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,744 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 138744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 41 47 72 82 94 123 141 164 188 246 282 328 369 376 423 492 564 738 846 984 1,128 1,476 1,692 1,927 2,952 3,384 3,854 5,781 7,708 11,562 15,416 17,343 23,124 34,686 46,248 69,372 and 138,744, with no remainder.

Since 138,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,744, 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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