Q: Is 42,725,074 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,725,074 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,725,074 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 42725074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 113 226 239 478 791 1,582 1,673 3,346 12,769 25,538 27,007 54,014 89,383 178,766 189,049 378,098 3,051,791 6,103,582 21,362,537 and 42,725,074, with no remainder.

Since 42,725,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,725,074, 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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