Q: Is 8,502,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 8,502,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 8,502,942 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 8502942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 443 457 886 914 1,329 1,371 2,658 2,742 3,101 3,199 6,202 6,398 9,303 9,597 18,606 19,194 202,451 404,902 607,353 1,214,706 1,417,157 2,834,314 4,251,471 and 8,502,942, with no remainder.

Since 8,502,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,502,942, it is not a prime number.


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