Q: Is 72,428,118 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,428,118 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,428,118 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 72428118 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 73 146 219 438 511 1,022 1,533 3,066 23,623 47,246 70,869 141,738 165,361 330,722 496,083 992,166 1,724,479 3,448,958 5,173,437 10,346,874 12,071,353 24,142,706 36,214,059 and 72,428,118, with no remainder.

Since 72,428,118 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,428,118, 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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