Q: Is 42,619,932 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,619,932 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,619,932 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 42619932 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 162 324 131,543 263,086 394,629 526,172 789,258 1,183,887 1,578,516 2,367,774 3,551,661 4,735,548 7,103,322 10,654,983 14,206,644 21,309,966 and 42,619,932, with no remainder.

Since 42,619,932 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,619,932, 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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