Q: Is 148,135,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 148,135,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 148,135,072 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 148135072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 269 538 1,076 2,152 4,304 8,608 17,209 34,418 68,836 137,672 275,344 550,688 4,629,221 9,258,442 18,516,884 37,033,768 74,067,536 and 148,135,072, with no remainder.

Since 148,135,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 148,135,072, 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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