Q: Is 12,042,924 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,042,924 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,042,924 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 12042924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 23,339 46,678 70,017 93,356 140,034 280,068 1,003,577 2,007,154 3,010,731 4,014,308 6,021,462 and 12,042,924, with no remainder.

Since 12,042,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,042,924, 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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