Q: Is 200,000,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 200,000,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 200,000,008 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 200000008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 29 52 58 104 116 169 232 338 377 676 754 1,352 1,508 3,016 4,901 5,101 9,802 10,202 19,604 20,404 39,208 40,808 66,313 132,626 147,929 265,252 295,858 530,504 591,716 862,069 1,183,432 1,724,138 1,923,077 3,448,276 3,846,154 6,896,552 7,692,308 15,384,616 25,000,001 50,000,002 100,000,004 and 200,000,008, with no remainder.

Since 200,000,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 200,000,008, it is not a prime number.


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