Q: Is 27,242,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,242,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,242,742 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 27242742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 53 106 159 318 85,669 171,338 257,007 514,014 4,540,457 9,080,914 13,621,371 and 27,242,742, with no remainder.

Since 27,242,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,242,742, 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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