Q: Is 72,702,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,702,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,702,642 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 72702642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 131 262 393 786 2,227 4,454 5,441 6,681 10,882 13,362 16,323 32,646 92,497 184,994 277,491 554,982 712,771 1,425,542 2,138,313 4,276,626 12,117,107 24,234,214 36,351,321 and 72,702,642, with no remainder.

Since 72,702,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,702,642, 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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