Q: Is 3,142,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,142,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,142,942 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 3142942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 19 22 38 73 103 146 206 209 418 803 1,133 1,387 1,606 1,957 2,266 2,774 3,914 7,519 15,038 15,257 21,527 30,514 43,054 82,709 142,861 165,418 285,722 1,571,471 and 3,142,942, with no remainder.

Since 3,142,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,142,942, 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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