Q: Is 50,005,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,005,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,005,008 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 50005008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 347,257 694,514 1,041,771 1,389,028 2,083,542 2,778,056 3,125,313 4,167,084 5,556,112 6,250,626 8,334,168 12,501,252 16,668,336 25,002,504 and 50,005,008, with no remainder.

Since 50,005,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,005,008, 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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