Q: Is 20,017,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,017,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,017,942 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 20017942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 119 238 241 349 482 698 1,687 2,443 3,374 4,097 4,886 5,933 8,194 11,866 28,679 41,531 57,358 83,062 84,109 168,218 588,763 1,177,526 1,429,853 2,859,706 10,008,971 and 20,017,942, with no remainder.

Since 20,017,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,017,942, 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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