Q: Is 78,339,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,339,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,339,042 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 78339042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 409 818 1,227 2,454 3,547 3,681 7,094 7,362 10,641 11,043 21,282 22,086 31,923 63,846 95,769 191,538 1,450,723 2,901,446 4,352,169 8,704,338 13,056,507 26,113,014 39,169,521 and 78,339,042, with no remainder.

Since 78,339,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,339,042, 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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