Q: Is 74,472,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,472,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,472,678 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 74472678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 126 591,053 1,182,106 1,773,159 3,546,318 4,137,371 5,319,477 8,274,742 10,638,954 12,412,113 24,824,226 37,236,339 and 74,472,678, with no remainder.

Since 74,472,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,472,678, 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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