Q: Is 42,557,532 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,557,532 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,557,532 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 42557532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 739 1,478 2,217 2,956 4,434 4,799 8,868 9,598 14,397 19,196 28,794 57,588 3,546,461 7,092,922 10,639,383 14,185,844 21,278,766 and 42,557,532, with no remainder.

Since 42,557,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,557,532, 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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