Q: Is 10,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,542 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 10542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 251 502 753 1,506 1,757 3,514 5,271 and 10,542, with no remainder.

Since 10,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,542, it is not a prime number.


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Number 10,54010,54110,54310,544
Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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