Q: Is 42,607,485 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,607,485 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,607,485 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 42607485 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 31 45 93 135 155 279 465 837 1,395 4,185 10,181 30,543 50,905 91,629 152,715 274,887 315,611 458,145 946,833 1,374,435 1,578,055 2,840,499 4,734,165 8,521,497 14,202,495 and 42,607,485, with no remainder.

Since 42,607,485 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,607,485, 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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