Q: Is 42,356,745 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,356,745 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,356,745 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 42356745 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 193 579 965 1,737 2,895 4,877 8,685 14,631 24,385 43,893 73,155 219,465 941,261 2,823,783 4,706,305 8,471,349 14,118,915 and 42,356,745, with no remainder.

Since 42,356,745 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,356,745, 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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