Q: Is 42,682,824 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,682,824 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,682,824 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 42682824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 307 614 921 1,228 1,842 1,931 2,456 2,763 3,684 3,862 5,526 5,793 7,368 7,724 11,052 11,586 15,448 17,379 22,104 23,172 34,758 46,344 69,516 139,032 592,817 1,185,634 1,778,451 2,371,268 3,556,902 4,742,536 5,335,353 7,113,804 10,670,706 14,227,608 21,341,412 and 42,682,824, with no remainder.

Since 42,682,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,682,824, 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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