Q: Is 742,845,257 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,845,257 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,845,257 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 742845257 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 41 77 121 287 451 847 3,157 4,961 21,391 34,727 149,737 235,301 877,031 1,647,107 2,588,311 6,139,217 9,647,341 18,118,177 67,531,387 106,120,751 and 742,845,257, with no remainder.

Since 742,845,257 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,845,257, 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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