Q: Is 71,697,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,697,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,697,740 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 71697740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 509 1,018 2,036 2,545 5,090 7,043 10,180 14,086 28,172 35,215 70,430 140,860 3,584,887 7,169,774 14,339,548 17,924,435 35,848,870 and 71,697,740, with no remainder.

Since 71,697,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,697,740, 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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