Q: Is 69,971,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 69,971,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 69,971,742 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 69971742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 269 538 807 1,614 2,421 4,817 4,842 7,263 9,634 14,451 14,526 28,902 43,353 86,706 130,059 260,118 1,295,773 2,591,546 3,887,319 7,774,638 11,661,957 23,323,914 34,985,871 and 69,971,742, with no remainder.

Since 69,971,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 69,971,742, 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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