Q: Is 3,140,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,140,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,140,742 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 3140742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 23 33 46 66 69 138 253 506 759 1,518 2,069 4,138 6,207 12,414 22,759 45,518 47,587 68,277 95,174 136,554 142,761 285,522 523,457 1,046,914 1,570,371 and 3,140,742, with no remainder.

Since 3,140,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,140,742, it is not a prime number.


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