Q: Is 138,816 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,816 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,816 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 138816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 144 192 241 288 482 576 723 964 1,446 1,928 2,169 2,892 3,856 4,338 5,784 7,712 8,676 11,568 15,424 17,352 23,136 34,704 46,272 69,408 and 138,816, with no remainder.

Since 138,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,816, 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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