Q: Is 138,755,876 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,755,876 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,755,876 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 138755876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 31 62 124 217 434 868 159,857 319,714 639,428 1,118,999 2,237,998 4,475,996 4,955,567 9,911,134 19,822,268 34,688,969 69,377,938 and 138,755,876, with no remainder.

Since 138,755,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,755,876, 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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