Q: Is 31,702,491 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 31,702,491 is not a prime number.

Why is 31,702,491 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 31702491 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 31 93 199 279 571 597 1,713 1,791 5,139 6,169 17,701 18,507 53,103 55,521 113,629 159,309 340,887 1,022,661 3,522,499 10,567,497 and 31,702,491, with no remainder.

Since 31,702,491 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,702,491, 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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