Q: Is 3,137,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,137,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,137,742 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 3137742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 29 58 87 174 261 522 6,011 12,022 18,033 36,066 54,099 108,198 174,319 348,638 522,957 1,045,914 1,568,871 and 3,137,742, with no remainder.

Since 3,137,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,137,742, 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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