Q: Is 42,677,148 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,677,148 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,677,148 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 42677148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 1,709 2,081 3,418 4,162 5,127 6,243 6,836 8,324 10,254 12,486 20,508 24,972 3,556,429 7,112,858 10,669,287 14,225,716 21,338,574 and 42,677,148, with no remainder.

Since 42,677,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,677,148, 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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