Q: Is 10,724,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,724,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,724,240 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 10724240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 134,053 268,106 536,212 670,265 1,072,424 1,340,530 2,144,848 2,681,060 5,362,120 and 10,724,240, with no remainder.

Since 10,724,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,724,240, 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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