Q: Is 147,335,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 147,335,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 147,335,742 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 147335742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 503 1,006 1,509 3,018 4,527 9,054 16,273 32,546 48,819 97,638 146,457 292,914 8,185,319 16,370,638 24,555,957 49,111,914 73,667,871 and 147,335,742, with no remainder.

Since 147,335,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 147,335,742, 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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