Q: Is 8,742,288 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 8,742,288 is not a prime number.

Why is 8,742,288 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 8742288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 182,131 364,262 546,393 728,524 1,092,786 1,457,048 2,185,572 2,914,096 4,371,144 and 8,742,288, with no remainder.

Since 8,742,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,742,288, 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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