Q: Is 42,608,786 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,608,786 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,608,786 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 42608786 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 43 73 86 146 473 617 803 946 1,234 1,606 3,139 6,278 6,787 13,574 26,531 34,529 45,041 53,062 69,058 90,082 291,841 495,451 583,682 990,902 1,936,763 3,873,526 21,304,393 and 42,608,786, with no remainder.

Since 42,608,786 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,608,786, 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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