Q: Is 74,038,576 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,038,576 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,038,576 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 74038576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 307 614 1,228 2,456 4,912 15,073 30,146 60,292 120,584 241,168 4,627,411 9,254,822 18,509,644 37,019,288 and 74,038,576, with no remainder.

Since 74,038,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,038,576, 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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