Q: Is 72,709,088 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,709,088 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,709,088 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 72709088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 1,013 2,026 2,243 4,052 4,486 8,104 8,972 16,208 17,944 32,416 35,888 71,776 2,272,159 4,544,318 9,088,636 18,177,272 36,354,544 and 72,709,088, with no remainder.

Since 72,709,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,709,088, 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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