Q: Is 742,825,548 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,825,548 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,825,548 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 742825548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 61 122 183 244 366 549 732 1,098 2,196 338,263 676,526 1,014,789 1,353,052 2,029,578 3,044,367 4,059,156 6,088,734 12,177,468 20,634,043 41,268,086 61,902,129 82,536,172 123,804,258 185,706,387 247,608,516 371,412,774 and 742,825,548, with no remainder.

Since 742,825,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,825,548, 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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