Q: Is 112,000,112 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 112,000,112 is not a prime number.

Why is 112,000,112 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 112000112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 101 112 202 404 707 808 1,414 1,616 2,828 5,656 9,901 11,312 19,802 39,604 69,307 79,208 138,614 158,416 277,228 554,456 1,000,001 1,108,912 2,000,002 4,000,004 7,000,007 8,000,008 14,000,014 16,000,016 28,000,028 56,000,056 and 112,000,112, with no remainder.

Since 112,000,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 112,000,112, 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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