Q: Is 74,646 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,646 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,646 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 74646 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 29 33 39 58 66 78 87 99 117 143 174 198 234 261 286 319 377 429 522 638 754 858 957 1,131 1,287 1,914 2,262 2,574 2,871 3,393 4,147 5,742 6,786 8,294 12,441 24,882 37,323 and 74,646, with no remainder.

Since 74,646 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,646, 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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