Q: Is 42,643,614 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,643,614 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,643,614 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 42643614 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78 101 202 303 606 1,313 2,626 3,939 5,413 7,878 10,826 16,239 32,478 70,369 140,738 211,107 422,214 546,713 1,093,426 1,640,139 3,280,278 7,107,269 14,214,538 21,321,807 and 42,643,614, with no remainder.

Since 42,643,614 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,643,614, 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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