Q: Is 74,976 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,976 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,976 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 74976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 71 88 96 132 142 176 213 264 284 352 426 528 568 781 852 1,056 1,136 1,562 1,704 2,272 2,343 3,124 3,408 4,686 6,248 6,816 9,372 12,496 18,744 24,992 37,488 and 74,976, with no remainder.

Since 74,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,976, it is not a prime number.


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