Q: Is 10,002,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,002,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,002,042 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 10002042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 54 58 81 87 162 174 261 522 783 1,566 2,129 2,349 4,258 4,698 6,387 12,774 19,161 38,322 57,483 61,741 114,966 123,482 172,449 185,223 344,898 370,446 555,669 1,111,338 1,667,007 3,334,014 5,001,021 and 10,002,042, with no remainder.

Since 10,002,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,002,042, 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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