Q: Is 42,541,796 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,541,796 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,541,796 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 42541796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 31 44 62 124 341 682 1,364 31,189 62,378 124,756 343,079 686,158 966,859 1,372,316 1,933,718 3,867,436 10,635,449 21,270,898 and 42,541,796, with no remainder.

Since 42,541,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,541,796, 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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