Q: Is 77,240,559 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 77,240,559 is not a prime number.

Why is 77,240,559 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 77240559 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 33 211 633 2,321 6,963 11,093 33,279 122,023 366,069 2,340,623 7,021,869 25,746,853 and 77,240,559, with no remainder.

Since 77,240,559 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,240,559, 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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