Q: Is 42,705,536 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,705,536 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,705,536 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 42705536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 64 86 128 172 344 688 1,376 2,752 5,504 7,759 15,518 31,036 62,072 124,144 248,288 333,637 496,576 667,274 993,152 1,334,548 2,669,096 5,338,192 10,676,384 21,352,768 and 42,705,536, with no remainder.

Since 42,705,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,705,536, 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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