Q: Is 42,138,486 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,138,486 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,138,486 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 42138486 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 31 37 39 62 74 78 93 111 117 157 186 222 234 279 314 333 403 471 481 558 666 806 942 962 1,147 1,209 1,413 1,443 2,041 2,294 2,418 2,826 2,886 3,441 3,627 4,082 4,329 4,867 5,809 6,123 6,882 7,254 8,658 9,734 10,323 11,618 12,246 14,601 14,911 17,427 18,369 20,646 29,202 29,822 34,854 36,738 43,803 44,733 52,281 63,271 75,517 87,606 89,466 104,562 126,542 134,199 151,034 180,079 189,813 226,551 268,398 360,158 379,626 453,102 540,237 569,439 679,653 1,080,474 1,138,878 1,359,306 1,620,711 2,341,027 3,241,422 4,682,054 7,023,081 14,046,162 21,069,243 and 42,138,486, with no remainder.

Since 42,138,486 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,138,486, 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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