Q: Is 42,570,057 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,570,057 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,570,057 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 42570057 can be evenly divided by 1 3 17 29 51 87 107 269 321 493 807 1,479 1,819 3,103 4,573 5,457 7,801 9,309 13,719 23,403 28,783 52,751 86,349 132,617 158,253 397,851 489,311 834,707 1,467,933 2,504,121 14,190,019 and 42,570,057, with no remainder.

Since 42,570,057 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,570,057, 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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