Q: Is 5,500,005 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,500,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,500,005 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 5500005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 21 35 49 105 147 245 343 735 1,029 1,069 1,715 3,207 5,145 5,345 7,483 16,035 22,449 37,415 52,381 112,245 157,143 261,905 366,667 785,715 1,100,001 1,833,335 and 5,500,005, with no remainder.

Since 5,500,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,500,005, it is not a prime number.


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