Q: Is 42,162,945 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,162,945 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,162,945 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 42162945 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 31 33 55 93 155 165 341 465 1,023 1,705 5,115 8,243 24,729 41,215 90,673 123,645 255,533 272,019 453,365 766,599 1,277,665 1,360,095 2,810,863 3,832,995 8,432,589 14,054,315 and 42,162,945, with no remainder.

Since 42,162,945 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,162,945, 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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