Q: Is 10,037,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,037,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,037,742 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 10037742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 39 66 78 143 286 429 858 11,699 23,398 35,097 70,194 128,689 152,087 257,378 304,174 386,067 456,261 772,134 912,522 1,672,957 3,345,914 5,018,871 and 10,037,742, with no remainder.

Since 10,037,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,037,742, 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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