Q: Is 5,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,742 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 5742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 29 33 58 66 87 99 174 198 261 319 522 638 957 1,914 2,871 and 5,742, with no remainder.

Since 5,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742, it is not a prime number.


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