Q: Is 42,341,877 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,341,877 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,341,877 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 42341877 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 31 47 93 141 279 423 1,457 3,229 4,371 9,687 13,113 29,061 100,099 151,763 300,297 455,289 900,891 1,365,867 4,704,653 14,113,959 and 42,341,877, with no remainder.

Since 42,341,877 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,341,877, 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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