Q: Is 146,557,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 146,557,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 146,557,072 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 146557072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 43 86 172 344 688 213,019 426,038 852,076 1,704,152 3,408,304 9,159,817 18,319,634 36,639,268 73,278,536 and 146,557,072, with no remainder.

Since 146,557,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 146,557,072, 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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