Q: Is 71,242,168 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,242,168 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,242,168 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 71242168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 37 74 101 148 202 296 404 808 2,383 3,737 4,766 7,474 9,532 14,948 19,064 29,896 88,171 176,342 240,683 352,684 481,366 705,368 962,732 1,925,464 8,905,271 17,810,542 35,621,084 and 71,242,168, with no remainder.

Since 71,242,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,242,168, 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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