Q: Is 12,001,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,001,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,001,542 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 12001542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 37 42 74 111 222 259 518 777 1,554 7,723 15,446 23,169 46,338 54,061 108,122 162,183 285,751 324,366 571,502 857,253 1,714,506 2,000,257 4,000,514 6,000,771 and 12,001,542, with no remainder.

Since 12,001,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,001,542, 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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