Q: Is 117,850,842 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 117,850,842 is not a prime number.

Why is 117,850,842 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 117850842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 373 746 1,119 2,238 3,357 5,851 6,714 10,071 11,702 17,553 20,142 35,106 52,659 105,318 157,977 315,954 2,182,423 4,364,846 6,547,269 13,094,538 19,641,807 39,283,614 58,925,421 and 117,850,842, with no remainder.

Since 117,850,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 117,850,842, 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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