Q: Is 72,203,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,203,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,203,024 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 72203024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 71 142 284 568 1,136 63,559 127,118 254,236 508,472 1,016,944 4,512,689 9,025,378 18,050,756 36,101,512 and 72,203,024, with no remainder.

Since 72,203,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,203,024, 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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