Q: Is 6,734,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 6,734,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 6,734,742 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 6734742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 41 42 82 123 246 287 574 861 1,722 3,911 7,822 11,733 23,466 27,377 54,754 82,131 160,351 164,262 320,702 481,053 962,106 1,122,457 2,244,914 3,367,371 and 6,734,742, with no remainder.

Since 6,734,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,734,742, 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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