Q: Is 42,654,564 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,654,564 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,654,564 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 42654564 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 102 153 204 306 612 69,697 139,394 209,091 278,788 418,182 627,273 836,364 1,184,849 1,254,546 2,369,698 2,509,092 3,554,547 4,739,396 7,109,094 10,663,641 14,218,188 21,327,282 and 42,654,564, with no remainder.

Since 42,654,564 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,654,564, 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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