Q: Is 42,233,655 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,233,655 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,233,655 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 42233655 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 15 61 101 183 303 305 457 505 915 1,371 1,515 2,285 6,161 6,855 18,483 27,877 30,805 46,157 83,631 92,415 138,471 139,385 230,785 418,155 692,355 2,815,577 8,446,731 14,077,885 and 42,233,655, with no remainder.

Since 42,233,655 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,233,655, 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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