Q: Is 75,240,972 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 75,240,972 is not a prime number.

Why is 75,240,972 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 75240972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 71 142 213 284 426 639 852 1,278 2,556 29,437 58,874 88,311 117,748 176,622 264,933 353,244 529,866 1,059,732 2,090,027 4,180,054 6,270,081 8,360,108 12,540,162 18,810,243 25,080,324 37,620,486 and 75,240,972, with no remainder.

Since 75,240,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,240,972, 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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