Q: Is 250,500,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 250,500,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 250,500,142 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 250500142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 19 38 83 166 1,577 3,154 79,423 158,846 1,509,037 3,018,074 6,592,109 13,184,218 125,250,071 and 250,500,142, with no remainder.

Since 250,500,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,500,142, 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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