Q: Is 31,040,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 31,040,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 31,040,742 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 31040742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 163 326 489 978 1,867 2,771 3,734 5,542 5,601 8,313 11,202 16,626 31,739 63,478 95,217 190,434 304,321 608,642 912,963 1,825,926 5,173,457 10,346,914 15,520,371 and 31,040,742, with no remainder.

Since 31,040,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,040,742, 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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