Q: Is 42,636,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,636,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,636,504 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 42636504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 107 214 321 428 642 856 1,284 2,568 16,603 33,206 49,809 66,412 99,618 132,824 199,236 398,472 1,776,521 3,553,042 5,329,563 7,106,084 10,659,126 14,212,168 21,318,252 and 42,636,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,636,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,636,504, 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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