Q: Is 42,576,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,576,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,576,248 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 42576248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 22 26 44 52 88 104 143 286 572 1,144 37,217 74,434 148,868 297,736 409,387 483,821 818,774 967,642 1,637,548 1,935,284 3,275,096 3,870,568 5,322,031 10,644,062 21,288,124 and 42,576,248, with no remainder.

Since 42,576,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,576,248, 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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