Q: Is 23,060,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,060,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,060,942 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 23060942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 41 71 82 142 233 466 697 1,207 1,394 2,414 2,911 3,961 5,822 7,922 9,553 16,543 19,106 33,086 49,487 98,974 162,401 281,231 324,802 562,462 678,263 1,356,526 11,530,471 and 23,060,942, with no remainder.

Since 23,060,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,060,942, 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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