Q: Is 74,978,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 74,978,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 74,978,008 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 74978008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 73 146 292 511 584 1,022 2,044 4,088 18,341 36,682 73,364 128,387 146,728 256,774 513,548 1,027,096 1,338,893 2,677,786 5,355,572 9,372,251 10,711,144 18,744,502 37,489,004 and 74,978,008, with no remainder.

Since 74,978,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 74,978,008, 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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