Q: Is 42,642,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,642,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,642,048 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 42642048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 293 379 384 586 758 879 1,137 1,172 1,516 1,758 2,274 2,344 3,032 3,516 4,548 4,688 6,064 7,032 9,096 9,376 12,128 14,064 18,192 18,752 24,256 28,128 36,384 37,504 48,512 56,256 72,768 111,047 112,512 145,536 222,094 333,141 444,188 666,282 888,376 1,332,564 1,776,752 2,665,128 3,553,504 5,330,256 7,107,008 10,660,512 14,214,016 21,321,024 and 42,642,048, with no remainder.

Since 42,642,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,642,048, 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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