Q: Is 42,122,655 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,122,655 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,122,655 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 42122655 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 443 1,329 2,113 2,215 3,987 6,339 6,645 10,565 19,017 19,935 31,695 95,085 936,059 2,808,177 4,680,295 8,424,531 14,040,885 and 42,122,655, with no remainder.

Since 42,122,655 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,122,655, 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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