Q: Is 5,045,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,045,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,045,742 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 5045742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 78 117 234 21,563 43,126 64,689 129,378 194,067 280,319 388,134 560,638 840,957 1,681,914 2,522,871 and 5,045,742, with no remainder.

Since 5,045,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,045,742, 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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