Q: Is 72,442,736 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,442,736 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,442,736 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 72442736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 41 82 164 328 656 110,431 220,862 441,724 883,448 1,766,896 4,527,671 9,055,342 18,110,684 36,221,368 and 72,442,736, with no remainder.

Since 72,442,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,442,736, 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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