Q: Is 142,243,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,243,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,243,420 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 142243420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 17 20 22 34 44 55 68 73 85 110 146 170 187 220 292 340 365 374 521 730 748 803 935 1,042 1,241 1,460 1,606 1,870 2,084 2,482 2,605 3,212 3,740 4,015 4,964 5,210 5,731 6,205 8,030 8,857 10,420 11,462 12,410 13,651 16,060 17,714 22,924 24,820 27,302 28,655 35,428 38,033 44,285 54,604 57,310 68,255 76,066 88,570 97,427 114,620 136,510 152,132 177,140 190,165 194,854 273,020 380,330 389,708 418,363 487,135 646,561 760,660 836,726 974,270 1,293,122 1,673,452 1,948,540 2,091,815 2,586,244 3,232,805 4,183,630 6,465,610 7,112,171 8,367,260 12,931,220 14,224,342 28,448,684 35,560,855 71,121,710 and 142,243,420, with no remainder.

Since 142,243,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,243,420, 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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