Q: Is 72,720,531 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,720,531 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,720,531 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 72720531 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 27 39 117 169 351 507 1,521 4,563 15,937 47,811 143,433 207,181 430,299 621,543 1,864,629 2,693,353 5,593,887 8,080,059 24,240,177 and 72,720,531, with no remainder.

Since 72,720,531 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,720,531, 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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