Q: Is 138,765,501 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,765,501 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,765,501 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 138765501 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 49 53 63 147 159 189 371 441 477 1,113 1,323 1,431 1,979 2,597 3,339 5,937 7,791 10,017 13,853 17,811 23,373 41,559 53,433 70,119 96,971 104,887 124,677 290,913 314,661 374,031 734,209 872,739 943,983 2,202,627 2,618,217 2,831,949 5,139,463 6,607,881 15,418,389 19,823,643 46,255,167 and 138,765,501, with no remainder.

Since 138,765,501 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,765,501, 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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