Q: Is 71,068,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,068,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,068,072 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 71068072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 2,137 4,157 4,274 8,314 8,548 16,628 17,096 33,256 8,883,509 17,767,018 35,534,036 and 71,068,072, with no remainder.

Since 71,068,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,068,072, 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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