Q: Is 10,042,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,042,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,042,242 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 10042242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 181 362 543 1,086 1,267 1,321 2,534 2,642 3,801 3,963 7,602 7,926 9,247 18,494 27,741 55,482 239,101 478,202 717,303 1,434,606 1,673,707 3,347,414 5,021,121 and 10,042,242, with no remainder.

Since 10,042,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,042,242, 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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