Q: Is 10,042,245 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,042,245 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,042,245 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 10042245 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 45 73 135 219 365 657 1,019 1,095 1,971 3,057 3,285 5,095 9,171 9,855 15,285 27,513 45,855 74,387 137,565 223,161 371,935 669,483 1,115,805 2,008,449 3,347,415 and 10,042,245, with no remainder.

Since 10,042,245 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,042,245, 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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