Q: Is 8,578,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 8,578,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 8,578,242 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 8578242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 43 86 129 258 387 774 11,083 22,166 33,249 66,498 99,747 199,494 476,569 953,138 1,429,707 2,859,414 4,289,121 and 8,578,242, with no remainder.

Since 8,578,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,578,242, 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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