Q: Is 142,300,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,300,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,300,424 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 142300424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 19 28 38 56 76 133 152 266 361 532 722 1,064 1,444 2,527 2,888 5,054 7,039 10,108 14,078 20,216 28,156 49,273 56,312 98,546 133,741 197,092 267,482 394,184 534,964 936,187 1,069,928 1,872,374 2,541,079 3,744,748 5,082,158 7,489,496 10,164,316 17,787,553 20,328,632 35,575,106 71,150,212 and 142,300,424, with no remainder.

Since 142,300,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,300,424, it is not a prime number.


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