Q: Is 732,137,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 732,137,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 732,137,740 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 732137740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 109 218 436 545 1,090 2,180 335,843 671,686 1,343,372 1,679,215 3,358,430 6,716,860 36,606,887 73,213,774 146,427,548 183,034,435 366,068,870 and 732,137,740, with no remainder.

Since 732,137,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 732,137,740, 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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