Q: Is 42,596,952 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,596,952 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,596,952 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 42596952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 101 202 303 404 606 808 1,212 2,424 17,573 35,146 52,719 70,292 105,438 140,584 210,876 421,752 1,774,873 3,549,746 5,324,619 7,099,492 10,649,238 14,198,984 21,298,476 and 42,596,952, with no remainder.

Since 42,596,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,596,952, 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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