Q: Is 42,387,624 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,387,624 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,387,624 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 42387624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 324 648 65,413 130,826 196,239 261,652 392,478 523,304 588,717 784,956 1,177,434 1,569,912 1,766,151 2,354,868 3,532,302 4,709,736 5,298,453 7,064,604 10,596,906 14,129,208 21,193,812 and 42,387,624, with no remainder.

Since 42,387,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,387,624, 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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