Q: Is 78,808,869 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,808,869 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,808,869 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 78808869 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 223 669 2,007 4,363 6,021 13,089 18,063 39,267 117,801 353,403 972,949 2,918,847 8,756,541 26,269,623 and 78,808,869, with no remainder.

Since 78,808,869 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,808,869, 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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