Q: Is 42,549,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,549,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,549,072 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 42549072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 73 146 219 292 438 584 876 1,168 1,752 3,504 12,143 24,286 36,429 48,572 72,858 97,144 145,716 194,288 291,432 582,864 886,439 1,772,878 2,659,317 3,545,756 5,318,634 7,091,512 10,637,268 14,183,024 21,274,536 and 42,549,072, with no remainder.

Since 42,549,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,549,072, 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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