Q: Is 76,123,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 76,123,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 76,123,472 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 76123472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 347 694 1,388 2,776 5,552 13,711 27,422 54,844 109,688 219,376 4,757,717 9,515,434 19,030,868 38,061,736 and 76,123,472, with no remainder.

Since 76,123,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 76,123,472, 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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