Q: Is 42,472,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,472,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,472,848 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 42472848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 257 264 313 514 528 626 771 939 1,028 1,252 1,542 1,878 2,056 2,504 2,827 3,084 3,443 3,756 4,112 5,008 5,654 6,168 6,886 7,512 8,481 10,329 11,308 12,336 13,772 15,024 16,962 20,658 22,616 27,544 33,924 41,316 45,232 55,088 67,848 80,441 82,632 135,696 160,882 165,264 241,323 321,764 482,646 643,528 884,851 965,292 1,287,056 1,769,702 1,930,584 2,654,553 3,539,404 3,861,168 5,309,106 7,078,808 10,618,212 14,157,616 21,236,424 and 42,472,848, with no remainder.

Since 42,472,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,472,848, 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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