Q: Is 142,041,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,041,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,041,042 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 142041042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 66 78 99 117 139 143 198 234 278 286 397 417 429 794 834 858 1,191 1,251 1,287 1,529 1,807 2,382 2,502 2,574 3,058 3,573 3,614 4,367 4,587 5,161 5,421 7,146 8,734 9,174 10,322 10,842 13,101 13,761 15,483 16,263 19,877 26,202 27,522 30,966 32,526 39,303 39,754 46,449 55,183 56,771 59,631 78,606 92,898 110,366 113,542 119,262 165,549 170,313 178,893 331,098 340,626 357,786 496,647 510,939 607,013 717,379 993,294 1,021,878 1,214,026 1,434,758 1,821,039 2,152,137 3,642,078 4,304,274 5,463,117 6,456,411 7,891,169 10,926,234 12,912,822 15,782,338 23,673,507 47,347,014 71,020,521 and 142,041,042, with no remainder.

Since 142,041,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,041,042, it is not a prime number.


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