Q: Is 42,556,732 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,556,732 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,556,732 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 42556732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 38 76 313 626 1,252 1,789 3,578 5,947 7,156 11,894 23,788 33,991 67,982 135,964 559,957 1,119,914 2,239,828 10,639,183 21,278,366 and 42,556,732, with no remainder.

Since 42,556,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,556,732, 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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