Q: Is 42,656,564 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,656,564 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,656,564 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 42656564 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 29 41 58 82 116 164 1,189 2,378 4,756 8,969 17,938 35,876 260,101 367,729 520,202 735,458 1,040,404 1,470,916 10,664,141 21,328,282 and 42,656,564, with no remainder.

Since 42,656,564 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,656,564, 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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