Q: Is 742,968 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 742,968 is not a prime number.

Why is 742,968 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 742968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 51 68 72 102 136 153 204 306 408 607 612 1,214 1,224 1,821 2,428 3,642 4,856 5,463 7,284 10,319 10,926 14,568 20,638 21,852 30,957 41,276 43,704 61,914 82,552 92,871 123,828 185,742 247,656 371,484 and 742,968, with no remainder.

Since 742,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 742,968, it is not a prime number.


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