Q: Is 50,346,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,346,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,346,740 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 50346740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 349 698 1,396 1,745 3,490 6,980 7,213 14,426 28,852 36,065 72,130 144,260 2,517,337 5,034,674 10,069,348 12,586,685 25,173,370 and 50,346,740, with no remainder.

Since 50,346,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,346,740, 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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