Q: Is 42,555,036 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,555,036 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,555,036 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 42555036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 82,471 164,942 247,413 329,884 494,826 989,652 3,546,253 7,092,506 10,638,759 14,185,012 21,277,518 and 42,555,036, with no remainder.

Since 42,555,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,555,036, 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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