Q: Is 740,736,723 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 740,736,723 is not a prime number.

Why is 740,736,723 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 740736723 can be evenly divided by 1 3 31 93 313 939 9,703 25,447 29,109 76,341 788,857 2,366,571 7,964,911 23,894,733 246,912,241 and 740,736,723, with no remainder.

Since 740,736,723 cannot be divided by just 1 and 740,736,723, 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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