Q: Is 167,360,478 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 167,360,478 is not a prime number.

Why is 167,360,478 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 167360478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 289 578 867 1,734 96,517 193,034 289,551 579,102 1,640,789 3,281,578 4,922,367 9,844,734 27,893,413 55,786,826 83,680,239 and 167,360,478, with no remainder.

Since 167,360,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,360,478, 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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