Q: Is 42,122,658 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,122,658 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,122,658 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 42122658 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 19 38 57 114 151 302 453 906 2,447 2,869 4,894 5,738 7,341 8,607 14,682 17,214 46,493 92,986 139,479 278,958 369,497 738,994 1,108,491 2,216,982 7,020,443 14,040,886 21,061,329 and 42,122,658, with no remainder.

Since 42,122,658 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,122,658, 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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