Q: Is 142,912 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,912 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,912 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 142912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 29 32 44 56 58 64 77 88 112 116 154 176 203 224 232 308 319 352 406 448 464 616 638 704 812 928 1,232 1,276 1,624 1,856 2,233 2,464 2,552 3,248 4,466 4,928 5,104 6,496 8,932 10,208 12,992 17,864 20,416 35,728 71,456 and 142,912, with no remainder.

Since 142,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,912, 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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