Q: Is 42,473,736 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,473,736 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,473,736 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 42473736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 73 146 219 292 438 584 657 876 1,314 1,752 2,628 5,256 8,081 16,162 24,243 32,324 48,486 64,648 72,729 96,972 145,458 193,944 290,916 581,832 589,913 1,179,826 1,769,739 2,359,652 3,539,478 4,719,304 5,309,217 7,078,956 10,618,434 14,157,912 21,236,868 and 42,473,736, with no remainder.

Since 42,473,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,473,736, 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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