Q: Is 31,520,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 31,520,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 31,520,042 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 31520042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 29 58 59 61 118 122 151 302 1,711 1,769 3,422 3,538 3,599 4,379 7,198 8,758 8,909 9,211 17,818 18,422 104,371 208,742 258,361 267,119 516,722 534,238 543,449 1,086,898 15,760,021 and 31,520,042, with no remainder.

Since 31,520,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,520,042, 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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