Q: Is 77,001,261 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 77,001,261 is not a prime number.

Why is 77,001,261 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 77001261 can be evenly divided by 1 3 43 129 137 411 4,357 5,891 13,071 17,673 187,351 562,053 596,909 1,790,727 25,667,087 and 77,001,261, with no remainder.

Since 77,001,261 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,001,261, 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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