Q: Is 42,386,498 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,386,498 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,386,498 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 42386498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 77 154 449 613 898 1,226 3,143 4,291 4,939 6,286 6,743 8,582 9,878 13,486 34,573 47,201 69,146 94,402 275,237 550,474 1,926,659 3,027,607 3,853,318 6,055,214 21,193,249 and 42,386,498, with no remainder.

Since 42,386,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,386,498, 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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