Q: Is 140,757,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,757,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,757,724 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 140757724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 73 146 179 292 358 716 2,693 5,386 10,772 13,067 26,134 52,268 196,589 393,178 482,047 786,356 964,094 1,928,188 35,189,431 70,378,862 and 140,757,724, with no remainder.

Since 140,757,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,757,724, 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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