Q: Is 70,973,498 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,973,498 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,973,498 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 70973498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 29 58 269 538 4,549 7,801 9,098 15,602 131,921 263,842 1,223,681 2,447,362 35,486,749 and 70,973,498, with no remainder.

Since 70,973,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,973,498, 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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