Q: Is 42,517,626 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,517,626 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,517,626 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 42517626 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 43 86 129 223 258 446 669 739 1,338 1,478 2,217 4,434 9,589 19,178 28,767 31,777 57,534 63,554 95,331 164,797 190,662 329,594 494,391 988,782 7,086,271 14,172,542 21,258,813 and 42,517,626, with no remainder.

Since 42,517,626 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,517,626, 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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