Q: Is 62,741,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 62,741,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 62,741,072 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 62741072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 59 118 236 472 944 66,463 132,926 265,852 531,704 1,063,408 3,921,317 7,842,634 15,685,268 31,370,536 and 62,741,072, with no remainder.

Since 62,741,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 62,741,072, 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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