Q: Is 4,242,258 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 4,242,258 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,242,258 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 4242258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 46 69 138 207 414 10,247 20,494 30,741 61,482 92,223 184,446 235,681 471,362 707,043 1,414,086 2,121,129 and 4,242,258, with no remainder.

Since 4,242,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,242,258, 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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