Q: Is 41,079,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 41,079,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 41,079,942 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 41079942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 347 694 1,041 2,082 3,123 6,246 6,577 13,154 19,731 39,462 59,193 118,386 2,282,219 4,564,438 6,846,657 13,693,314 20,539,971 and 41,079,942, with no remainder.

Since 41,079,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 41,079,942, 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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