Q: Is 4,740 a Prime Number?

A: No, 4,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,740 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 4740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 79 158 237 316 395 474 790 948 1,185 1,580 2,370 and 4,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,740, it is not a prime number.

Number	4,738	4,739	4,741	4,742
Prime?	no	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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