Q: Is 27,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 27,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 27,342 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 27342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 31 42 49 62 63 93 98 126 147 186 217 279 294 434 441 558 651 882 1,302 1,519 1,953 3,038 3,906 4,557 9,114 13,671 and 27,342, with no remainder.

Since 27,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 27,342, it is not a prime number.


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Number 27,34027,34127,34327,344
Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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