Q: Is 4,242,972 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 4,242,972 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,242,972 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 4242972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 47 94 141 188 282 564 7,523 15,046 22,569 30,092 45,138 90,276 353,581 707,162 1,060,743 1,414,324 2,121,486 and 4,242,972, with no remainder.

Since 4,242,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,242,972, 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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