Q: Is 139,042,560 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 139,042,560 is not a prime number.

Why is 139,042,560 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 139042560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 256 320 384 480 640 768 960 1,280 1,920 3,840 36,209 72,418 108,627 144,836 181,045 217,254 289,672 362,090 434,508 543,135 579,344 724,180 869,016 1,086,270 1,158,688 1,448,360 1,738,032 2,172,540 2,317,376 2,896,720 3,476,064 4,345,080 4,634,752 5,793,440 6,952,128 8,690,160 9,269,504 11,586,880 13,904,256 17,380,320 23,173,760 27,808,512 34,760,640 46,347,520 69,521,280 and 139,042,560, with no remainder.

Since 139,042,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 139,042,560, 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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