Q: Is 20,248,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,248,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,248,542 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 20248542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 124,991 249,982 374,973 749,946 1,124,919 2,249,838 3,374,757 6,749,514 10,124,271 and 20,248,542, with no remainder.

Since 20,248,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,248,542, 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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