Q: Is 71,874 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 71,874 is not a prime number.

Why is 71,874 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 71874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 99 121 198 242 297 363 594 726 1,089 1,331 2,178 2,662 3,267 3,993 6,534 7,986 11,979 23,958 35,937 and 71,874, with no remainder.

Since 71,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 71,874, 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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