Q: Is 42,387,058 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,387,058 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,387,058 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 42387058 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 98 523 827 1,046 1,654 3,661 5,789 7,322 11,578 25,627 40,523 51,254 81,046 432,521 865,042 3,027,647 6,055,294 21,193,529 and 42,387,058, with no remainder.

Since 42,387,058 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,387,058, 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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