Q: Is 167,420,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 167,420,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 167,420,608 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 167420608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 307 614 1,228 2,456 4,912 8,521 9,824 17,042 19,648 34,084 68,168 136,336 272,672 545,344 2,615,947 5,231,894 10,463,788 20,927,576 41,855,152 83,710,304 and 167,420,608, with no remainder.

Since 167,420,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 167,420,608, 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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