Q: Is 2,542,974 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,542,974 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,542,974 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 2542974 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 191 317 382 573 634 951 1,146 1,337 1,902 2,219 2,674 4,011 4,438 6,657 8,022 13,314 60,547 121,094 181,641 363,282 423,829 847,658 1,271,487 and 2,542,974, with no remainder.

Since 2,542,974 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,542,974, 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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