Q: Is 742,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,940 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 742940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 110 121 220 242 307 484 605 614 1,210 1,228 1,535 2,420 3,070 3,377 6,140 6,754 13,508 16,885 33,770 37,147 67,540 74,294 148,588 185,735 371,470 and 742,940, with no remainder.

Since 742,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,940, 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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