Q: Is 74,250,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,250,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,250,608 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 74250608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 239 478 956 1,912 3,824 19,417 38,834 77,668 155,336 310,672 4,640,663 9,281,326 18,562,652 37,125,304 and 74,250,608, with no remainder.

Since 74,250,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,250,608, 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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