Q: Is 42,723,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,723,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,723,678 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 42723678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 37 74 111 222 223 446 669 863 1,338 1,726 2,589 5,178 8,251 16,502 24,753 31,931 49,506 63,862 95,793 191,586 192,449 384,898 577,347 1,154,694 7,120,613 14,241,226 21,361,839 and 42,723,678, with no remainder.

Since 42,723,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,723,678, 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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