Q: Is 42,616,585 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,616,585 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,616,585 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 42616585 can be evenly divided by 1 5 11 23 55 59 115 253 295 571 649 1,265 1,357 2,855 3,245 6,281 6,785 13,133 14,927 31,405 33,689 65,665 74,635 144,463 168,445 370,579 722,315 774,847 1,852,895 3,874,235 8,523,317 and 42,616,585, with no remainder.

Since 42,616,585 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,616,585, 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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