Q: Is 77,500,005 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 77,500,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 77,500,005 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 77500005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 33 55 83 165 249 415 913 1,245 2,739 4,565 5,659 13,695 16,977 28,295 62,249 84,885 186,747 311,245 469,697 933,735 1,409,091 2,348,485 5,166,667 7,045,455 15,500,001 25,833,335 and 77,500,005, with no remainder.

Since 77,500,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 77,500,005, 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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