Q: Is 42,027,516 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,027,516 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,027,516 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 42027516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 53 106 159 212 318 477 636 954 1,908 22,027 44,054 66,081 88,108 132,162 198,243 264,324 396,486 792,972 1,167,431 2,334,862 3,502,293 4,669,724 7,004,586 10,506,879 14,009,172 21,013,758 and 42,027,516, with no remainder.

Since 42,027,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,027,516, 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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