Q: Is 42,041,592 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,041,592 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,041,592 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 42041592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 324 648 64,879 129,758 194,637 259,516 389,274 519,032 583,911 778,548 1,167,822 1,557,096 1,751,733 2,335,644 3,503,466 4,671,288 5,255,199 7,006,932 10,510,398 14,013,864 21,020,796 and 42,041,592, with no remainder.

Since 42,041,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,041,592, 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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