Q: Is 42,032,457 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,032,457 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,032,457 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 42032457 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 43 129 313 347 387 939 1,041 2,817 3,123 13,459 14,921 40,377 44,763 108,611 121,131 134,289 325,833 977,499 4,670,273 14,010,819 and 42,032,457, with no remainder.

Since 42,032,457 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,032,457, 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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