Q: Is 72,602,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,602,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,602,432 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 72602432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 224 448 162,059 324,118 648,236 1,134,413 1,296,472 2,268,826 2,592,944 4,537,652 5,185,888 9,075,304 10,371,776 18,150,608 36,301,216 and 72,602,432, with no remainder.

Since 72,602,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,602,432, 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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