Q: Is 742,843,456 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,843,456 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,843,456 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 742843456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 32 38 64 76 152 304 608 1,216 610,891 1,221,782 2,443,564 4,887,128 9,774,256 11,606,929 19,548,512 23,213,858 39,097,024 46,427,716 92,855,432 185,710,864 371,421,728 and 742,843,456, with no remainder.

Since 742,843,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,843,456, 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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