Q: Is 42,584,085 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,584,085 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,584,085 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 42584085 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 607 1,559 1,821 3,035 4,677 5,463 7,795 9,105 14,031 23,385 27,315 70,155 946,313 2,838,939 4,731,565 8,516,817 14,194,695 and 42,584,085, with no remainder.

Since 42,584,085 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,584,085, 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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