Q: Is 72,001,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,001,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,001,432 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 72001432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 29 58 116 232 503 617 1,006 1,234 2,012 2,468 4,024 4,936 14,587 17,893 29,174 35,786 58,348 71,572 116,696 143,144 310,351 620,702 1,241,404 2,482,808 9,000,179 18,000,358 36,000,716 and 72,001,432, with no remainder.

Since 72,001,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,001,432, 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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