Q: Is 42,151,524 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,151,524 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,151,524 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 42151524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 81,689 163,378 245,067 326,756 490,134 980,268 3,512,627 7,025,254 10,537,881 14,050,508 21,075,762 and 42,151,524, with no remainder.

Since 42,151,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,151,524, 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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