Q: Is 42,592,185 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,592,185 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,592,185 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 42592185 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 45 367 1,101 1,835 2,579 3,303 5,505 7,737 12,895 16,515 23,211 38,685 116,055 946,493 2,839,479 4,732,465 8,518,437 14,197,395 and 42,592,185, with no remainder.

Since 42,592,185 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,592,185, 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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