Q: Is 4,142,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 4,142,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,142,142 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 4142142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 359 641 718 1,077 1,282 1,923 2,154 3,231 3,846 5,769 6,462 11,538 230,119 460,238 690,357 1,380,714 2,071,071 and 4,142,142, with no remainder.

Since 4,142,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,142,142, 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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