Q: Is 4,242,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 4,242,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,242,740 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 4242740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 307 614 691 1,228 1,382 1,535 2,764 3,070 3,455 6,140 6,910 13,820 212,137 424,274 848,548 1,060,685 2,121,370 and 4,242,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,242,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,242,740, 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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