Q: Is 42,670,852 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,670,852 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,670,852 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 42670852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 379 758 1,516 2,653 4,021 5,306 8,042 10,612 16,084 28,147 56,294 112,588 1,523,959 3,047,918 6,095,836 10,667,713 21,335,426 and 42,670,852, with no remainder.

Since 42,670,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,670,852, 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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