Q: Is 72,707,674 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 72,707,674 is not a prime number.

Why is 72,707,674 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 72707674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 17 26 34 221 271 442 542 607 1,214 3,523 4,607 7,046 7,891 9,214 10,319 15,782 20,638 59,891 119,782 134,147 164,497 268,294 328,994 2,138,461 2,796,449 4,276,922 5,592,898 36,353,837 and 72,707,674, with no remainder.

Since 72,707,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,707,674, 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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