Q: Is 137,421,132 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 137,421,132 is not a prime number.

Why is 137,421,132 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 137421132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 34 51 68 79 102 158 204 237 316 474 948 1,343 2,686 4,029 5,372 8,058 8,527 16,116 17,054 25,581 34,108 51,162 102,324 144,959 289,918 434,877 579,836 673,633 869,754 1,347,266 1,739,508 2,020,899 2,694,532 4,041,798 8,083,596 11,451,761 22,903,522 34,355,283 45,807,044 68,710,566 and 137,421,132, with no remainder.

Since 137,421,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 137,421,132, 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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