Q: Is 10,742,470 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,742,470 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,742,470 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 10742470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 17 29 34 58 85 145 170 290 493 986 2,179 2,465 4,358 4,930 10,895 21,790 37,043 63,191 74,086 126,382 185,215 315,955 370,430 631,910 1,074,247 2,148,494 5,371,235 and 10,742,470, with no remainder.

Since 10,742,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,742,470, 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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