Q: Is 242,004,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,004,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,004,042 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 242004042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 31 42 49 53 62 63 93 98 106 126 147 159 167 186 217 279 294 318 334 371 434 441 477 501 558 651 742 882 954 1,002 1,113 1,169 1,302 1,503 1,519 1,643 1,953 2,226 2,338 2,597 3,006 3,038 3,286 3,339 3,507 3,906 4,557 4,929 5,177 5,194 6,678 7,014 7,791 8,183 8,851 9,114 9,858 10,354 10,521 11,501 13,671 14,787 15,531 15,582 16,366 17,702 21,042 23,002 23,373 24,549 26,553 27,342 29,574 31,062 34,503 36,239 46,593 46,746 49,098 53,106 61,957 69,006 72,478 73,647 79,659 80,507 93,186 103,509 108,717 123,914 147,294 159,318 161,014 185,871 207,018 217,434 241,521 253,673 274,381 326,151 371,742 433,699 483,042 507,346 548,762 557,613 652,302 724,563 761,019 823,143 867,398 1,115,226 1,301,097 1,449,126 1,522,038 1,646,286 1,920,667 2,283,057 2,469,429 2,602,194 3,841,334 3,903,291 4,566,114 4,938,858 5,762,001 7,806,582 11,524,002 13,444,669 17,286,003 26,889,338 34,572,006 40,334,007 80,668,014 121,002,021 and 242,004,042, with no remainder.

Since 242,004,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,004,042, 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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