Q: Is 201,204,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 201,204,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 201,204,042 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 201204042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 59 78 118 177 354 767 1,534 2,301 4,602 43,721 87,442 131,163 262,326 568,373 1,136,746 1,705,119 2,579,539 3,410,238 5,159,078 7,738,617 15,477,234 33,534,007 67,068,014 100,602,021 and 201,204,042, with no remainder.

Since 201,204,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,204,042, 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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