Q: Is 42,668,908 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,668,908 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,668,908 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 42668908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 38 76 619 907 1,238 1,814 2,476 3,628 11,761 17,233 23,522 34,466 47,044 68,932 561,433 1,122,866 2,245,732 10,667,227 21,334,454 and 42,668,908, with no remainder.

Since 42,668,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,668,908, 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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