Q: Is 118,740,842 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,740,842 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,740,842 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 118740842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 19 22 38 209 361 418 722 3,971 7,942 14,951 29,902 164,461 284,069 328,922 568,138 3,124,759 5,397,311 6,249,518 10,794,622 59,370,421 and 118,740,842, with no remainder.

Since 118,740,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,740,842, 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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