Q: Is 10,742,124 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,742,124 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,742,124 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 10742124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 701 1,277 1,402 2,103 2,554 2,804 3,831 4,206 5,108 7,662 8,412 15,324 895,177 1,790,354 2,685,531 3,580,708 5,371,062 and 10,742,124, with no remainder.

Since 10,742,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,742,124, 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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