Q: Is 104,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 104,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 104,742 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 104742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 23 33 46 66 69 99 138 198 207 253 414 506 529 759 1,058 1,518 1,587 2,277 3,174 4,554 4,761 5,819 9,522 11,638 17,457 34,914 52,371 and 104,742, with no remainder.

Since 104,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 104,742, it is not a prime number.


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