Q: Is 72,100,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,100,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,100,720 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 72100720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 743 1,213 1,486 2,426 2,972 3,715 4,852 5,944 6,065 7,430 9,704 11,888 12,130 14,860 19,408 24,260 29,720 48,520 59,440 97,040 901,259 1,802,518 3,605,036 4,506,295 7,210,072 9,012,590 14,420,144 18,025,180 36,050,360 and 72,100,720, with no remainder.

Since 72,100,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,100,720, 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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