Q: Is 42,027,356 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,027,356 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,027,356 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 42027356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 383 766 1,532 2,681 3,919 5,362 7,838 10,724 15,676 27,433 54,866 109,732 1,500,977 3,001,954 6,003,908 10,506,839 21,013,678 and 42,027,356, with no remainder.

Since 42,027,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,027,356, 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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