Q: Is 307,505,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 307,505,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 307,505,742 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 307505742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 37 74 111 193 222 386 579 1,158 7,141 7,177 14,282 14,354 21,423 21,531 42,846 43,062 265,549 531,098 796,647 1,385,161 1,593,294 2,770,322 4,155,483 8,310,966 51,250,957 102,501,914 153,752,871 and 307,505,742, with no remainder.

Since 307,505,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 307,505,742, 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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