Q: Is 72,724,505 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,724,505 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,724,505 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 72724505 can be evenly divided by 1 5 7 23 35 61 115 161 305 427 805 1,403 1,481 2,135 7,015 7,405 9,821 10,367 34,063 49,105 51,835 90,341 170,315 238,441 451,705 632,387 1,192,205 2,077,843 3,161,935 10,389,215 14,544,901 and 72,724,505, with no remainder.

Since 72,724,505 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,724,505, 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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