Q: Is 542,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 542,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 542,542 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 542542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 22 26 77 91 143 154 182 271 286 542 1,001 1,897 2,002 2,981 3,523 3,794 5,962 7,046 20,867 24,661 38,753 41,734 49,322 77,506 271,271 and 542,542, with no remainder.

Since 542,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 542,542, it is not a prime number.


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Number 542,540542,541542,543542,544
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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