Q: Is 260,002,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 260,002,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 260,002,008 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 260002008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 61 63 72 84 108 122 126 168 183 189 216 244 252 366 378 427 488 504 549 732 756 854 1,098 1,281 1,464 1,512 1,647 1,708 2,196 2,562 2,819 3,294 3,416 3,843 4,392 5,124 5,638 6,588 7,686 8,457 10,248 11,276 11,529 13,176 15,372 16,914 19,733 22,552 23,058 25,371 30,744 33,828 39,466 46,116 50,742 59,199 67,656 76,113 78,932 92,232 101,484 118,398 152,226 157,864 171,959 177,597 202,968 236,796 304,452 343,918 355,194 473,592 515,877 532,791 608,904 687,836 710,388 1,031,754 1,065,582 1,203,713 1,375,672 1,420,776 1,547,631 2,063,508 2,131,164 2,407,426 3,095,262 3,611,139 4,127,016 4,262,328 4,642,893 4,814,852 6,190,524 7,222,278 9,285,786 9,629,704 10,833,417 12,381,048 14,444,556 18,571,572 21,666,834 28,889,112 32,500,251 37,143,144 43,333,668 65,000,502 86,667,336 130,001,004 and 260,002,008, with no remainder.

Since 260,002,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 260,002,008, 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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