Q: Is 42,536,307 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,536,307 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,536,307 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 42536307 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 19 33 57 179 209 379 537 627 1,137 1,969 3,401 4,169 5,907 7,201 10,203 12,507 21,603 37,411 67,841 79,211 112,233 203,523 237,633 746,251 1,288,979 2,238,753 3,866,937 14,178,769 and 42,536,307, with no remainder.

Since 42,536,307 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,536,307, 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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