Q: Is 42,604,023 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,604,023 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,604,023 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 42604023 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 11 17 19 21 33 51 57 77 119 133 187 209 231 323 357 399 561 571 627 969 1,309 1,463 1,713 2,261 3,553 3,927 3,997 4,389 6,281 6,783 9,707 10,659 10,849 11,991 18,843 24,871 29,121 32,547 43,967 67,949 74,613 75,943 106,777 119,339 131,901 184,433 203,847 227,829 320,331 358,017 553,299 747,439 835,373 1,291,031 2,028,763 2,242,317 2,506,119 3,873,093 6,086,289 14,201,341 and 42,604,023, with no remainder.

Since 42,604,023 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,604,023, 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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