Q: Is 42,538,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,538,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,538,678 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 42538678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 26 37 74 91 182 259 481 518 962 3,367 6,317 6,734 12,634 44,219 82,121 88,438 164,242 233,729 467,458 574,847 1,149,694 1,636,103 3,038,477 3,272,206 6,076,954 21,269,339 and 42,538,678, with no remainder.

Since 42,538,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,538,678, 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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