Q: Is 42,446,528 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,446,528 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,446,528 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 42446528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 509 1,018 1,303 2,036 2,606 4,072 5,212 8,144 10,424 16,288 20,848 32,576 41,696 83,392 663,227 1,326,454 2,652,908 5,305,816 10,611,632 21,223,264 and 42,446,528, with no remainder.

Since 42,446,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,446,528, 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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