Q: Is 78,250,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,250,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,250,248 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 78250248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 1,086,809 2,173,618 3,260,427 4,347,236 6,520,854 8,694,472 9,781,281 13,041,708 19,562,562 26,083,416 39,125,124 and 78,250,248, with no remainder.

Since 78,250,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,250,248, 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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