Q: Is 42,537,564 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,537,564 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,537,564 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 42537564 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 101 202 303 404 606 909 1,212 1,818 3,636 11,699 23,398 35,097 46,796 70,194 105,291 140,388 210,582 421,164 1,181,599 2,363,198 3,544,797 4,726,396 7,089,594 10,634,391 14,179,188 21,268,782 and 42,537,564, with no remainder.

Since 42,537,564 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,537,564, 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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