Q: Is 42,517,629 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,517,629 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,517,629 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 42517629 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 17 21 27 33 51 63 77 81 99 119 153 187 189 231 297 357 401 459 561 567 693 891 1,071 1,203 1,309 1,377 1,683 2,079 2,807 3,213 3,609 3,927 4,411 5,049 6,237 6,817 8,421 9,639 10,827 11,781 13,233 15,147 20,451 25,263 30,877 32,481 35,343 39,699 47,719 61,353 74,987 75,789 92,631 106,029 119,097 143,157 184,059 224,961 227,367 277,893 357,291 429,471 524,909 552,177 674,883 833,679 1,288,413 1,574,727 2,024,649 2,501,037 3,865,239 4,724,181 6,073,947 14,172,543 and 42,517,629, with no remainder.

Since 42,517,629 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,517,629, 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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