Q: Is 742,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,742 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 742742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 22 26 49 53 77 91 98 106 143 154 182 286 371 539 583 637 689 742 1,001 1,078 1,166 1,274 1,378 2,002 2,597 4,081 4,823 5,194 7,007 7,579 8,162 9,646 14,014 15,158 28,567 33,761 53,053 57,134 67,522 106,106 371,371 and 742,742, with no remainder.

Since 742,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,742, it is not a prime number.


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