Q: Is 743,072,706 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 743,072,706 is not a prime number.

Why is 743,072,706 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 743072706 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 379 758 1,137 2,274 3,411 6,822 108,923 217,846 326,769 653,538 980,307 1,960,614 41,281,817 82,563,634 123,845,451 247,690,902 371,536,353 and 743,072,706, with no remainder.

Since 743,072,706 cannot be divided by just 1 and 743,072,706, 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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