Q: Is 10,042,674 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,042,674 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,042,674 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 10042674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 46 61 69 122 138 183 366 1,193 1,403 2,386 2,806 3,579 4,209 7,158 8,418 27,439 54,878 72,773 82,317 145,546 164,634 218,319 436,638 1,673,779 3,347,558 5,021,337 and 10,042,674, with no remainder.

Since 10,042,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,042,674, 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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