Q: Is 75,502,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 75,502,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 75,502,242 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 75502242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 157 314 471 942 1,413 2,826 26,717 53,434 80,151 160,302 240,453 480,906 4,194,569 8,389,138 12,583,707 25,167,414 37,751,121 and 75,502,242, with no remainder.

Since 75,502,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 75,502,242, 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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