Q: Is 12,074,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,074,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,074,742 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 12074742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 419 838 1,257 1,601 2,514 3,202 3,771 4,803 7,542 9,606 14,409 28,818 670,819 1,341,638 2,012,457 4,024,914 6,037,371 and 12,074,742, with no remainder.

Since 12,074,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,074,742, 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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