Q: Is 10,423,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,423,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,423,242 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 10423242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 729 1,458 2,187 2,383 4,374 4,766 7,149 14,298 21,447 42,894 64,341 128,682 193,023 386,046 579,069 1,158,138 1,737,207 3,474,414 5,211,621 and 10,423,242, with no remainder.

Since 10,423,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,423,242, 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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