Q: Is 72,002,398 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,002,398 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,002,398 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 72002398 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 31 62 157 314 403 569 806 1,138 2,041 4,082 4,867 7,397 9,734 14,794 17,639 35,278 63,271 89,333 126,542 178,666 229,307 458,614 1,161,329 2,322,658 2,769,323 5,538,646 36,001,199 and 72,002,398, with no remainder.

Since 72,002,398 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,002,398, 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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