Q: Is 42,481,452 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,481,452 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,481,452 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 42481452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 78 156 272,317 544,634 816,951 1,089,268 1,633,902 3,267,804 3,540,121 7,080,242 10,620,363 14,160,484 21,240,726 and 42,481,452, with no remainder.

Since 42,481,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,481,452, 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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