Q: Is 42,649,929 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,649,929 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,649,929 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 42649929 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 63 113 189 339 791 1,017 1,997 2,373 3,051 5,991 7,119 13,979 17,973 21,357 41,937 53,919 125,811 225,661 377,433 676,983 1,579,627 2,030,949 4,738,881 6,092,847 14,216,643 and 42,649,929, with no remainder.

Since 42,649,929 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,649,929, 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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