Q: Is 42,605,862 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,605,862 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,605,862 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 42605862 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 43 78 86 129 258 559 1,118 1,677 3,354 12,703 25,406 38,109 76,218 165,139 330,278 495,417 546,229 990,834 1,092,458 1,638,687 3,277,374 7,100,977 14,201,954 21,302,931 and 42,605,862, with no remainder.

Since 42,605,862 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,605,862, 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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