Q: Is 71,167,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,167,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,167,216 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 71167216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 59 118 236 472 944 75,389 150,778 301,556 603,112 1,206,224 4,447,951 8,895,902 17,791,804 35,583,608 and 71,167,216, with no remainder.

Since 71,167,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,167,216, 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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