Q: Is 10,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,740 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 10740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 179 358 537 716 895 1,074 1,790 2,148 2,685 3,580 5,370 and 10,740, with no remainder.

Since 10,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,740, it is not a prime number.


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