Q: Is 1,742,892 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,742,892 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,742,892 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 1742892 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 61 122 183 244 366 732 2,381 4,762 7,143 9,524 14,286 28,572 145,241 290,482 435,723 580,964 871,446 and 1,742,892, with no remainder.

Since 1,742,892 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,742,892, 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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