Q: Is 2,979,740 a Prime Number?
A: No, 2,979,740 is 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 2979740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 383 389 766 778 1,532 1,556 1,915 1,945 3,830 3,890 7,660 7,780 148,987 297,974 595,948 744,935 1,489,870 and 2,979,740, with no remainder.
Since 2,979,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,979,740, it is not a prime number.