Q: Is 50,142,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,142,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,142,642 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 50142642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 66 121 242 363 726 69,067 138,134 207,201 414,402 759,737 1,519,474 2,279,211 4,558,422 8,357,107 16,714,214 25,071,321 and 50,142,642, with no remainder.

Since 50,142,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,142,642, 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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