Q: Is 78,899,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 78,899,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 78,899,248 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 78899248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 38 76 152 304 259,537 519,074 1,038,148 2,076,296 4,152,592 4,931,203 9,862,406 19,724,812 39,449,624 and 78,899,248, with no remainder.

Since 78,899,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 78,899,248, 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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