Q: Is 42,545,188 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,545,188 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,545,188 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 42545188 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 71 142 284 497 994 1,988 21,401 42,802 85,604 149,807 299,614 599,228 1,519,471 3,038,942 6,077,884 10,636,297 21,272,594 and 42,545,188, with no remainder.

Since 42,545,188 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,545,188, 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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