Q: Is 42,727,527 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,727,527 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,727,527 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 42727527 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 29 87 197 261 277 591 783 831 1,773 2,493 5,319 5,713 7,479 8,033 17,139 24,099 51,417 54,569 72,297 154,251 163,707 216,891 491,121 1,473,363 1,582,501 4,747,503 14,242,509 and 42,727,527, with no remainder.

Since 42,727,527 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,727,527, 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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