Q: Is 10,142,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,142,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,142,420 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 10142420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 101 202 404 505 1,010 2,020 5,021 10,042 20,084 25,105 50,210 100,420 507,121 1,014,242 2,028,484 2,535,605 5,071,210 and 10,142,420, with no remainder.

Since 10,142,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,142,420, 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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