Q: Is 70,008,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 70,008,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 70,008,042 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 70008042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 43 78 86 129 258 559 1,118 1,677 3,354 20,873 41,746 62,619 125,238 271,349 542,698 814,047 897,539 1,628,094 1,795,078 2,692,617 5,385,234 11,668,007 23,336,014 35,004,021 and 70,008,042, with no remainder.

Since 70,008,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 70,008,042, 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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