Q: Is 78,120,138 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,120,138 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,120,138 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 78120138 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 61 122 183 366 461 463 922 926 1,383 1,389 2,766 2,778 28,121 28,243 56,242 56,486 84,363 84,729 168,726 169,458 213,443 426,886 640,329 1,280,658 13,020,023 26,040,046 39,060,069 and 78,120,138, with no remainder.

Since 78,120,138 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,120,138, 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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