Q: Is 42,126,546 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,126,546 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,126,546 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 42126546 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 77 154 231 462 91,183 182,366 273,549 547,098 638,281 1,003,013 1,276,562 1,914,843 2,006,026 3,009,039 3,829,686 6,018,078 7,021,091 14,042,182 21,063,273 and 42,126,546, with no remainder.

Since 42,126,546 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,126,546, 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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