Q: Is 502,742,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 502,742,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 502,742,072 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 502742072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 2,137 4,201 4,274 8,402 8,548 14,959 16,804 17,096 29,407 29,918 33,608 58,814 59,836 117,628 119,672 235,256 8,977,537 17,955,074 35,910,148 62,842,759 71,820,296 125,685,518 251,371,036 and 502,742,072, with no remainder.

Since 502,742,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 502,742,072, 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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