Q: Is 42,558,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,558,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,558,428 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 42558428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 29 44 58 116 319 638 1,276 33,353 66,706 133,412 366,883 733,766 967,237 1,467,532 1,934,474 3,868,948 10,639,607 21,279,214 and 42,558,428, with no remainder.

Since 42,558,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,558,428, 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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