Q: Is 42,454,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,454,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,454,072 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 42454072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 43 86 167 172 334 344 668 739 1,336 1,478 2,956 5,912 7,181 14,362 28,724 31,777 57,448 63,554 123,413 127,108 246,826 254,216 493,652 987,304 5,306,759 10,613,518 21,227,036 and 42,454,072, with no remainder.

Since 42,454,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,454,072, 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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