Q: Is 42,124,455 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,124,455 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,124,455 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 42124455 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 45 47 81 135 141 235 405 423 705 1,269 2,115 2,213 3,807 6,345 6,639 11,065 19,035 19,917 33,195 59,751 99,585 104,011 179,253 298,755 312,033 520,055 896,265 936,099 1,560,165 2,808,297 4,680,495 8,424,891 14,041,485 and 42,124,455, with no remainder.

Since 42,124,455 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,124,455, 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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