Q: Is 42,575,152 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,575,152 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,575,152 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 42575152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 62 124 248 496 85,837 171,674 343,348 686,696 1,373,392 2,660,947 5,321,894 10,643,788 21,287,576 and 42,575,152, with no remainder.

Since 42,575,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,575,152, 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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