Q: Is 740,992 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 740,992 is not a prime number.

Why is 740,992 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 740992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 448 827 896 1,654 3,308 5,789 6,616 11,578 13,232 23,156 26,464 46,312 52,928 92,624 105,856 185,248 370,496 and 740,992, with no remainder.

Since 740,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 740,992, 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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