Q: Is 42,558,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,558,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,558,724 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 42558724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 61 122 244 793 1,586 3,172 13,417 26,834 53,668 174,421 348,842 697,684 818,437 1,636,874 3,273,748 10,639,681 21,279,362 and 42,558,724, with no remainder.

Since 42,558,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,558,724, 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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