Q: Is 42,346,843 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,346,843 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,346,843 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 42346843 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 77 149 1,043 1,639 3,691 11,473 25,837 40,601 284,207 549,959 3,849,713 6,049,549 and 42,346,843, with no remainder.

Since 42,346,843 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,346,843, 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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