Q: Is 142,645,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,645,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,645,488 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 142645488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 1,663 1,787 3,326 3,574 4,989 5,361 6,652 7,148 9,978 10,722 13,304 14,296 19,956 21,444 26,608 28,592 39,912 42,888 79,824 85,776 2,971,781 5,943,562 8,915,343 11,887,124 17,830,686 23,774,248 35,661,372 47,548,496 71,322,744 and 142,645,488, with no remainder.

Since 142,645,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,645,488, 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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