Q: Is 743,074,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 743,074,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 743,074,072 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 743074072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 52 71 104 142 169 284 338 568 676 923 1,352 1,846 3,692 7,384 7,741 11,999 15,482 23,998 30,964 47,996 61,928 95,992 100,633 201,266 402,532 549,611 805,064 1,099,222 1,308,229 2,198,444 2,616,458 4,396,888 5,232,916 7,144,943 10,465,832 14,289,886 28,579,772 57,159,544 92,884,259 185,768,518 371,537,036 and 743,074,072, with no remainder.

Since 743,074,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 743,074,072, 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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