Q: Is 42,292,527 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,292,527 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,292,527 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 42292527 can be evenly divided by 1 3 29 47 87 141 1,363 4,089 10,343 31,029 299,947 486,121 899,841 1,458,363 14,097,509 and 42,292,527, with no remainder.

Since 42,292,527 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,292,527, 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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