Q: Is 74,520,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,520,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,520,940 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 74520940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 52 65 130 260 286,619 573,238 1,146,476 1,433,095 2,866,190 3,726,047 5,732,380 7,452,094 14,904,188 18,630,235 37,260,470 and 74,520,940, with no remainder.

Since 74,520,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,520,940, 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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