Q: Is 42,608,516 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,608,516 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,608,516 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 42608516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 67 134 173 268 346 692 919 1,838 3,676 11,591 23,182 46,364 61,573 123,146 158,987 246,292 317,974 635,948 10,652,129 21,304,258 and 42,608,516, with no remainder.

Since 42,608,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,608,516, 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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