Q: Is 42,106,974 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,106,974 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,106,974 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 42106974 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 23 26 39 42 46 49 69 78 91 98 138 147 161 182 273 294 299 322 479 483 546 598 637 897 958 966 1,127 1,274 1,437 1,794 1,911 2,093 2,254 2,874 3,353 3,381 3,822 4,186 6,227 6,279 6,706 6,762 10,059 11,017 12,454 12,558 14,651 18,681 20,118 22,034 23,471 29,302 33,051 37,362 43,589 43,953 46,942 66,102 70,413 77,119 87,178 87,906 130,767 140,826 143,221 154,238 231,357 261,534 286,442 305,123 429,663 462,714 539,833 610,246 859,326 915,369 1,002,547 1,079,666 1,619,499 1,830,738 2,005,094 3,007,641 3,238,998 6,015,282 7,017,829 14,035,658 21,053,487 and 42,106,974, with no remainder.

Since 42,106,974 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,106,974, 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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