Q: Is 42,639,068 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,639,068 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,639,068 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 42639068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 67 134 268 389 409 778 818 1,556 1,636 26,063 27,403 52,126 54,806 104,252 109,612 159,101 318,202 636,404 10,659,767 21,319,534 and 42,639,068, with no remainder.

Since 42,639,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,639,068, 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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