Q: Is 10,742,140 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,742,140 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,742,140 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 10742140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 151 302 604 755 1,510 3,020 3,557 7,114 14,228 17,785 35,570 71,140 537,107 1,074,214 2,148,428 2,685,535 5,371,070 and 10,742,140, with no remainder.

Since 10,742,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,742,140, 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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