Q: Is 42,008,655 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,008,655 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,008,655 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 42008655 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 13 15 39 65 195 367 587 1,101 1,761 1,835 2,935 4,771 5,505 7,631 8,805 14,313 22,893 23,855 38,155 71,565 114,465 215,429 646,287 1,077,145 2,800,577 3,231,435 8,401,731 14,002,885 and 42,008,655, with no remainder.

Since 42,008,655 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,008,655, 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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