Q: Is 71,240,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,240,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,240,642 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 71240642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 17 22 34 187 239 374 478 797 1,594 2,629 4,063 5,258 8,126 8,767 13,549 17,534 27,098 44,693 89,386 149,039 190,483 298,078 380,966 2,095,313 3,238,211 4,190,626 6,476,422 35,620,321 and 71,240,642, with no remainder.

Since 71,240,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,240,642, 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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