Q: Is 72,124,602 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,124,602 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,124,602 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 72124602 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 47 66 94 141 282 517 1,034 1,551 3,102 23,251 46,502 69,753 139,506 255,761 511,522 767,283 1,092,797 1,534,566 2,185,594 3,278,391 6,556,782 12,020,767 24,041,534 36,062,301 and 72,124,602, with no remainder.

Since 72,124,602 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,124,602, 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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