Q: Is 42,542,226 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,542,226 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,542,226 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 42542226 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 138 207 414 621 1,242 34,253 68,506 102,759 205,518 308,277 616,554 787,819 924,831 1,575,638 1,849,662 2,363,457 4,726,914 7,090,371 14,180,742 21,271,113 and 42,542,226, with no remainder.

Since 42,542,226 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,542,226, 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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