Q: Is 42,152,274 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,152,274 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,152,274 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 42152274 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 71 142 213 426 639 1,278 32,983 65,966 98,949 197,898 296,847 593,694 2,341,793 4,683,586 7,025,379 14,050,758 21,076,137 and 42,152,274, with no remainder.

Since 42,152,274 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,152,274, 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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