Q: Is 139,427,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 139,427,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 139,427,672 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 139427672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 43 86 101 172 202 344 404 808 4,013 4,343 8,026 8,686 16,052 17,372 32,104 34,744 172,559 345,118 405,313 690,236 810,626 1,380,472 1,621,252 3,242,504 17,428,459 34,856,918 69,713,836 and 139,427,672, with no remainder.

Since 139,427,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 139,427,672, 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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