Q: Is 7,142,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 7,142,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 7,142,740 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 7142740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 110 220 32,467 64,934 129,868 162,335 324,670 357,137 649,340 714,274 1,428,548 1,785,685 3,571,370 and 7,142,740, with no remainder.

Since 7,142,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,142,740, 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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