Q: Is 70,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,740 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 70740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 131 135 180 262 270 393 524 540 655 786 1,179 1,310 1,572 1,965 2,358 2,620 3,537 3,930 4,716 5,895 7,074 7,860 11,790 14,148 17,685 23,580 35,370 and 70,740, with no remainder.

Since 70,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,740, it is not a prime number.


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