Q: Is 72,118,735 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,118,735 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,118,735 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 72118735 can be evenly divided by 1 5 13 37 65 157 185 191 481 785 955 2,041 2,405 2,483 5,809 7,067 10,205 12,415 29,045 29,987 35,335 75,517 91,871 149,935 377,585 389,831 459,355 1,109,519 1,949,155 5,547,595 14,423,747 and 72,118,735, with no remainder.

Since 72,118,735 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,118,735, 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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