Q: Is 71,708,836 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,708,836 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,708,836 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 71708836 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 41 59 82 118 164 236 2,419 4,838 7,411 9,676 14,822 29,644 303,851 437,249 607,702 874,498 1,215,404 1,748,996 17,927,209 35,854,418 and 71,708,836, with no remainder.

Since 71,708,836 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,708,836, 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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