Q: Is 42,587,762 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,587,762 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,587,762 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 42587762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 73 98 146 511 1,022 3,577 5,953 7,154 11,906 41,671 83,342 291,697 434,569 583,394 869,138 3,041,983 6,083,966 21,293,881 and 42,587,762, with no remainder.

Since 42,587,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,587,762, 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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