Q: Is 74,701,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,701,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,701,072 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 74701072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 62 124 248 496 150,607 301,214 602,428 1,204,856 2,409,712 4,668,817 9,337,634 18,675,268 37,350,536 and 74,701,072, with no remainder.

Since 74,701,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,701,072, 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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