Q: Is 42,303,528 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,303,528 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,303,528 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 42303528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 587,549 1,175,098 1,762,647 2,350,196 3,525,294 4,700,392 5,287,941 7,050,588 10,575,882 14,101,176 21,151,764 and 42,303,528, with no remainder.

Since 42,303,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,303,528, 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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