Q: Is 72,240,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,240,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,240,948 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 72240948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 117 156 163 234 326 468 489 652 947 978 1,467 1,894 1,956 2,119 2,841 2,934 3,788 4,238 5,682 5,868 6,357 8,476 8,523 11,364 12,311 12,714 17,046 19,071 24,622 25,428 34,092 36,933 38,142 49,244 73,866 76,284 110,799 147,732 154,361 221,598 308,722 443,196 463,083 617,444 926,166 1,389,249 1,852,332 2,006,693 2,778,498 4,013,386 5,556,996 6,020,079 8,026,772 12,040,158 18,060,237 24,080,316 36,120,474 and 72,240,948, with no remainder.

Since 72,240,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,240,948, 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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