Q: Is 100,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 100,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 100,740 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 100740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 23 30 46 60 69 73 92 115 138 146 219 230 276 292 345 365 438 460 690 730 876 1,095 1,380 1,460 1,679 2,190 3,358 4,380 5,037 6,716 8,395 10,074 16,790 20,148 25,185 33,580 50,370 and 100,740, with no remainder.

Since 100,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 100,740, it is not a prime number.


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