Q: Is 42,558,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,558,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,558,426 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 42558426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 631 1,249 1,262 1,893 2,498 3,747 3,786 5,679 7,494 11,241 11,358 17,037 22,482 33,723 34,074 67,446 788,119 1,576,238 2,364,357 4,728,714 7,093,071 14,186,142 21,279,213 and 42,558,426, with no remainder.

Since 42,558,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,558,426, 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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