Q: Is 42,478,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,478,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,478,744 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 42478744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 121 154 242 308 484 616 847 968 1,694 3,388 6,269 6,776 12,538 25,076 43,883 50,152 68,959 87,766 137,918 175,532 275,836 351,064 482,713 551,672 758,549 965,426 1,517,098 1,930,852 3,034,196 3,861,704 5,309,843 6,068,392 10,619,686 21,239,372 and 42,478,744, with no remainder.

Since 42,478,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,478,744, 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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