Q: Is 42,661,555 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,661,555 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,661,555 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 42661555 can be evenly divided by 1 5 19 37 53 95 185 229 265 703 1,007 1,145 1,961 3,515 4,351 5,035 8,473 9,805 12,137 21,755 37,259 42,365 60,685 160,987 186,295 230,603 449,069 804,935 1,153,015 2,245,345 8,532,311 and 42,661,555, with no remainder.

Since 42,661,555 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,661,555, 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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