Q: Is 42,608,784 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,608,784 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,608,784 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 42608784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 67 134 201 268 402 536 804 1,072 1,608 3,216 13,249 26,498 39,747 52,996 79,494 105,992 158,988 211,984 317,976 635,952 887,683 1,775,366 2,663,049 3,550,732 5,326,098 7,101,464 10,652,196 14,202,928 21,304,392 and 42,608,784, with no remainder.

Since 42,608,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,608,784, 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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