Q: Is 31,731,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 31,731,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 31,731,042 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 31731042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 31 42 62 93 186 217 434 651 1,302 24,371 48,742 73,113 146,226 170,597 341,194 511,791 755,501 1,023,582 1,511,002 2,266,503 4,533,006 5,288,507 10,577,014 15,865,521 and 31,731,042, with no remainder.

Since 31,731,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 31,731,042, 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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