Q: Is 37,438,228 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 37,438,228 is not a prime number.

Why is 37,438,228 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 37438228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 37 74 131 148 262 524 1,931 3,862 4,847 7,724 9,694 19,388 71,447 142,894 252,961 285,788 505,922 1,011,844 9,359,557 18,719,114 and 37,438,228, with no remainder.

Since 37,438,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 37,438,228, 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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