Q: Is 250,164,738 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 250,164,738 is not a prime number.

Why is 250,164,738 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 250164738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 47 94 141 282 423 846 295,703 591,406 887,109 1,774,218 2,661,327 5,322,654 13,898,041 27,796,082 41,694,123 83,388,246 125,082,369 and 250,164,738, with no remainder.

Since 250,164,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,164,738, 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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