Q: Is 42,543,523 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,543,523 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,543,523 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 42543523 can be evenly divided by 1 11 101 149 257 1,111 1,639 2,827 15,049 25,957 38,293 165,539 285,527 421,223 3,867,593 and 42,543,523, with no remainder.

Since 42,543,523 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,543,523, 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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