Q: Is 72,101,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,101,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,101,072 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 72101072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 101 202 404 808 1,616 44,617 89,234 178,468 356,936 713,872 4,506,317 9,012,634 18,025,268 36,050,536 and 72,101,072, with no remainder.

Since 72,101,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,101,072, 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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