Q: Is 42,649,926 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,649,926 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,649,926 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 42649926 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 66 139 278 417 834 1,529 3,058 4,587 4,649 9,174 9,298 13,947 27,894 51,139 102,278 153,417 306,834 646,211 1,292,422 1,938,633 3,877,266 7,108,321 14,216,642 21,324,963 and 42,649,926, with no remainder.

Since 42,649,926 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,649,926, 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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