Q: Is 50,142,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,142,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,142,504 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 50142504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 2,089,271 4,178,542 6,267,813 8,357,084 12,535,626 16,714,168 25,071,252 and 50,142,504, with no remainder.

Since 50,142,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,142,504, 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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