Q: Is 72,701,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,701,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,701,120 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 72701120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 160 320 227,191 454,382 908,764 1,135,955 1,817,528 2,271,910 3,635,056 4,543,820 7,270,112 9,087,640 14,540,224 18,175,280 36,350,560 and 72,701,120, with no remainder.

Since 72,701,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,701,120, 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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