Q: Is 42,580,152 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,580,152 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,580,152 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 42580152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 591,391 1,182,782 1,774,173 2,365,564 3,548,346 4,731,128 5,322,519 7,096,692 10,645,038 14,193,384 21,290,076 and 42,580,152, with no remainder.

Since 42,580,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,580,152, 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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