Q: Is 78,200,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,200,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,200,742 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 78200742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 109 218 327 654 1,097 2,194 3,291 6,582 11,881 23,762 35,643 71,286 119,573 239,146 358,719 717,438 13,033,457 26,066,914 39,100,371 and 78,200,742, with no remainder.

Since 78,200,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,200,742, 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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