Q: Is 71,610,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,610,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,610,642 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 71610642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 147,347 294,694 442,041 884,082 1,326,123 2,652,246 3,978,369 7,956,738 11,935,107 23,870,214 35,805,321 and 71,610,642, with no remainder.

Since 71,610,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,610,642, 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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