Q: Is 4,242,997 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 4,242,997 is not a prime number.

Why is 4,242,997 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 4242997 can be evenly divided by 1 11 499 773 5,489 8,503 385,727 and 4,242,997, with no remainder.

Since 4,242,997 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,242,997, it is not a prime number.


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Number 4,242,9954,242,9964,242,9984,242,999
Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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