Q: Is 73,720,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 73,720,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 73,720,242 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 73720242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 1,193 2,386 3,433 3,579 6,866 7,158 10,299 10,737 20,598 21,474 30,897 61,794 4,095,569 8,191,138 12,286,707 24,573,414 36,860,121 and 73,720,242, with no remainder.

Since 73,720,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 73,720,242, 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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