Q: Is 71,219,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,219,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,219,488 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 71219488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 167 334 668 1,336 2,672 5,344 13,327 26,654 53,308 106,616 213,232 426,464 2,225,609 4,451,218 8,902,436 17,804,872 35,609,744 and 71,219,488, with no remainder.

Since 71,219,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,219,488, 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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