Q: Is 42,685,188 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,685,188 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,685,188 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 42685188 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 52 78 84 91 156 182 273 364 546 1,092 39,089 78,178 117,267 156,356 234,534 273,623 469,068 508,157 547,246 820,869 1,016,314 1,094,492 1,524,471 1,641,738 2,032,628 3,048,942 3,283,476 3,557,099 6,097,884 7,114,198 10,671,297 14,228,396 21,342,594 and 42,685,188, with no remainder.

Since 42,685,188 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,685,188, 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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