Q: Is 74,140,624 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,140,624 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,140,624 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 74140624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 641 1,282 2,564 5,128 7,229 10,256 14,458 28,916 57,832 115,664 4,633,789 9,267,578 18,535,156 37,070,312 and 74,140,624, with no remainder.

Since 74,140,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,140,624, 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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