Q: Is 140,121,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,121,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,121,342 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 140121342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 59 118 177 354 531 1,062 131,941 263,882 395,823 791,646 1,187,469 2,374,938 7,784,519 15,569,038 23,353,557 46,707,114 70,060,671 and 140,121,342, with no remainder.

Since 140,121,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,121,342, 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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