Q: Is 146,426,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 146,426,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 146,426,742 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 146426742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 29 33 42 58 63 66 77 87 99 126 154 174 198 203 231 261 319 406 462 522 609 638 693 957 1,218 1,386 1,827 1,914 2,233 2,871 3,643 3,654 4,466 5,742 6,699 7,286 10,929 13,398 20,097 21,858 25,501 32,787 40,073 40,194 51,002 65,574 76,503 80,146 105,647 120,219 153,006 211,294 229,509 240,438 280,511 316,941 360,657 459,018 561,022 633,882 721,314 739,529 841,533 950,823 1,162,117 1,479,058 1,683,066 1,901,646 2,218,587 2,324,234 2,524,599 3,486,351 4,437,174 5,049,198 6,655,761 6,972,702 8,134,819 10,459,053 13,311,522 16,269,638 20,918,106 24,404,457 48,808,914 73,213,371 and 146,426,742, with no remainder.

Since 146,426,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 146,426,742, 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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