Q: Is 42,357,528 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,357,528 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,357,528 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 42357528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 47 72 94 141 188 282 376 423 564 846 1,128 1,692 3,384 12,517 25,034 37,551 50,068 75,102 100,136 112,653 150,204 225,306 300,408 450,612 588,299 901,224 1,176,598 1,764,897 2,353,196 3,529,794 4,706,392 5,294,691 7,059,588 10,589,382 14,119,176 21,178,764 and 42,357,528, with no remainder.

Since 42,357,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,357,528, 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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