Q: Is 42,177,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,177,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,177,948 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 42177948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 19 29 38 57 58 76 87 114 116 174 228 348 551 1,102 1,653 2,204 3,306 6,379 6,612 12,758 19,137 25,516 38,274 76,548 121,201 184,991 242,402 363,603 369,982 484,804 554,973 727,206 739,964 1,109,946 1,454,412 2,219,892 3,514,829 7,029,658 10,544,487 14,059,316 21,088,974 and 42,177,948, with no remainder.

Since 42,177,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,177,948, 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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