Q: Is 42,535,449 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,535,449 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,535,449 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 42535449 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 33 81 99 243 297 891 2,673 15,913 47,739 143,217 175,043 429,651 525,129 1,288,953 1,575,387 3,866,859 4,726,161 14,178,483 and 42,535,449, with no remainder.

Since 42,535,449 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,535,449, 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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