Q: Is 142,273,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,273,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,273,760 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 142273760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 160 889,211 1,778,422 3,556,844 4,446,055 7,113,688 8,892,110 14,227,376 17,784,220 28,454,752 35,568,440 71,136,880 and 142,273,760, with no remainder.

Since 142,273,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,273,760, 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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