Q: Is 42,552 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,552 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,552 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 42552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 197 216 394 591 788 1,182 1,576 1,773 2,364 3,546 4,728 5,319 7,092 10,638 14,184 21,276 and 42,552, with no remainder.

Since 42,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,552, 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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