it's a prime number (meaning it is only divisible by itself and one). Second, it's what is called a Mersenne prime (we'll get to what that means). And third, it is to date the largest prime number ...

On January 25, 2013, the largest prime number yet - the 48th Mersenne prime - was discovered: It's value is 2 57,885,161 - 1 = 581,887,266...724,285,951 - the entire number in text format is ...

As the numbers get higher, prime numbers tend to be found in pairs that are close together; for example, 29,669 and 29,671 are primes. The largest prime number thus far, which contains more than ...

We now try to divide by the next largest prime number which is 3: We can no longer divide by 3, as 3 is not a factor of 25. We must again look for a larger prime number to use. The next prime ...

10 reasons why cats are awesome 10. 19 is the largest prime number that is palindromic (something that can be read the same backward as forward) in Roman numerals – XIX. 11. British gymnast ...