Q: Is 42,728,565 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,728,565 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,728,565 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 42728565 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 17 33 51 55 85 165 187 255 561 935 2,805 15,233 45,699 76,165 167,563 228,495 258,961 502,689 776,883 837,815 1,294,805 2,513,445 2,848,571 3,884,415 8,545,713 14,242,855 and 42,728,565, with no remainder.

Since 42,728,565 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,728,565, 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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