Q: Is 42,252,561 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,252,561 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,252,561 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 42252561 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 19 39 57 83 117 171 229 247 249 687 741 747 1,079 1,577 2,061 2,223 2,977 3,237 4,351 4,731 8,931 9,711 13,053 14,193 19,007 20,501 26,793 39,159 56,563 57,021 61,503 169,689 171,063 184,509 247,091 361,133 509,067 741,273 1,083,399 2,223,819 3,250,197 4,694,729 14,084,187 and 42,252,561, with no remainder.

Since 42,252,561 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,252,561, 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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