Q: Is 10,602,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,602,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,602,542 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 10602542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 47 94 149 298 757 1,514 7,003 14,006 35,579 71,158 112,793 225,586 5,301,271 and 10,602,542, with no remainder.

Since 10,602,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,602,542, 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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