Q: Is 1,493,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,493,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,493,142 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 1493142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 73 146 219 438 487 511 974 1,022 1,461 1,533 2,922 3,066 3,409 6,818 10,227 20,454 35,551 71,102 106,653 213,306 248,857 497,714 746,571 and 1,493,142, with no remainder.

Since 1,493,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,493,142, 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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