Q: Is 71,135,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,135,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,135,472 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 71135472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 1,481,989 2,963,978 4,445,967 5,927,956 8,891,934 11,855,912 17,783,868 23,711,824 35,567,736 and 71,135,472, with no remainder.

Since 71,135,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,135,472, 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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