Q: Is 42,565,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,565,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,565,504 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 42565504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 29 32 58 64 116 128 232 464 928 1,856 3,712 11,467 22,934 45,868 91,736 183,472 332,543 366,944 665,086 733,888 1,330,172 1,467,776 2,660,344 5,320,688 10,641,376 21,282,752 and 42,565,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,565,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,565,504, 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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