Q: Is 72,442,734 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,442,734 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,442,734 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 72442734 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 182 273 546 132,679 265,358 398,037 796,074 928,753 1,724,827 1,857,506 2,786,259 3,449,654 5,174,481 5,572,518 10,348,962 12,073,789 24,147,578 36,221,367 and 72,442,734, with no remainder.

Since 72,442,734 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,442,734, 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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