Q: Is 10,742,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,742,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,742,724 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 10742724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 298,409 596,818 895,227 1,193,636 1,790,454 2,685,681 3,580,908 5,371,362 and 10,742,724, with no remainder.

Since 10,742,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,742,724, 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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