Q: Is 42,034,839 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,034,839 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,034,839 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 42034839 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 11 21 33 77 231 283 643 849 1,929 1,981 3,113 4,501 5,943 7,073 9,339 13,503 21,219 21,791 49,511 65,373 148,533 181,969 545,907 1,273,783 2,001,659 3,821,349 6,004,977 14,011,613 and 42,034,839, with no remainder.

Since 42,034,839 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,034,839, 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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