Q: Is 140,874,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,874,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,874,488 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 140874488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 107 199 214 398 428 796 827 856 1,592 1,654 3,308 6,616 21,293 42,586 85,172 88,489 164,573 170,344 176,978 329,146 353,956 658,292 707,912 1,316,584 17,609,311 35,218,622 70,437,244 and 140,874,488, with no remainder.

Since 140,874,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,874,488, 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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