Q: Is 8,729,742 a Prime Number?
A: No, 8,729,742 is 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 8729742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 23 42 46 49 69 98 138 147 161 294 322 483 966 1,127 1,291 2,254 2,582 3,381 3,873 6,762 7,746 9,037 18,074 27,111 29,693 54,222 59,386 63,259 89,079 126,518 178,158 189,777 207,851 379,554 415,702 623,553 1,247,106 1,454,957 2,909,914 4,364,871 and 8,729,742, with no remainder.
Since 8,729,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,729,742, it is not a prime number.