Q: Is 77,042,478 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 77,042,478 is not a prime number.

Why is 77,042,478 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 77042478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 1,523 3,046 4,569 8,431 9,138 16,862 25,293 50,586 12,840,413 25,680,826 38,521,239 and 77,042,478, with no remainder.

Since 77,042,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,042,478, 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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