Q: Is 42,186,555 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,186,555 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,186,555 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 42186555 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 19 27 45 57 95 135 171 285 513 855 2,565 16,447 49,341 82,235 148,023 246,705 312,493 444,069 740,115 937,479 1,562,465 2,220,345 2,812,437 4,687,395 8,437,311 14,062,185 and 42,186,555, with no remainder.

Since 42,186,555 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,186,555, 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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