Q: Is 43,978,131 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 43,978,131 is not a prime number.

Why is 43,978,131 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 43978131 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 83 113 249 339 521 747 1,017 1,563 4,689 9,379 28,137 43,243 58,873 84,411 129,729 176,619 389,187 529,857 4,886,459 14,659,377 and 43,978,131, with no remainder.

Since 43,978,131 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,978,131, 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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