Q: Is 42,487,928 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,487,928 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,487,928 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 42487928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 758,713 1,517,426 3,034,852 5,310,991 6,069,704 10,621,982 21,243,964 and 42,487,928, with no remainder.

Since 42,487,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,487,928, 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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