Q: Is 5,742,918 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,742,918 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,742,918 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 5742918 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 37 74 111 222 333 666 8,623 17,246 25,869 51,738 77,607 155,214 319,051 638,102 957,153 1,914,306 2,871,459 and 5,742,918, with no remainder.

Since 5,742,918 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,742,918, 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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