Q: Is 42,008,658 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,008,658 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,008,658 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 42008658 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 19 31 38 57 62 93 114 186 589 1,178 1,767 3,534 11,887 23,774 35,661 71,322 225,853 368,497 451,706 677,559 736,994 1,105,491 1,355,118 2,210,982 7,001,443 14,002,886 21,004,329 and 42,008,658, with no remainder.

Since 42,008,658 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,008,658, 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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