Q: Is 5,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,740 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 5740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 41 70 82 140 164 205 287 410 574 820 1,148 1,435 2,870 and 5,740, with no remainder.

Since 5,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,740, it is not a prime number.


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