Q: Is 42,042,748 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,042,748 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,042,748 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 42042748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 683 1,366 1,399 2,732 2,798 5,596 7,513 15,026 15,389 30,052 30,778 61,556 955,517 1,911,034 3,822,068 10,510,687 21,021,374 and 42,042,748, with no remainder.

Since 42,042,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,042,748, 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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