Q: Is 746,678,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 746,678,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 746,678,502 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 746678502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 5,323 7,793 10,646 15,586 15,969 23,379 31,938 46,758 47,907 70,137 95,814 140,274 41,482,139 82,964,278 124,446,417 248,892,834 373,339,251 and 746,678,502, with no remainder.

Since 746,678,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 746,678,502, 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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