Q: Is 72,735,729 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,735,729 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,735,729 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 72735729 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 23 33 61 69 183 253 671 759 1,403 1,571 2,013 4,209 4,713 15,433 17,281 36,133 46,299 51,843 95,831 108,399 287,493 397,463 1,054,141 1,192,389 2,204,113 3,162,423 6,612,339 24,245,243 and 72,735,729, with no remainder.

Since 72,735,729 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,735,729, 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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