Q: Is 70,172,001 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,172,001 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,172,001 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 70172001 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 43 81 129 387 1,161 3,483 20,147 60,441 181,323 543,969 866,321 1,631,907 2,598,963 7,796,889 23,390,667 and 70,172,001, with no remainder.

Since 70,172,001 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,172,001, 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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