Q: Is 42,734,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,734,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,734,142 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 42734142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 81 99 162 198 297 594 891 1,782 23,981 47,962 71,943 143,886 215,829 263,791 431,658 527,582 647,487 791,373 1,294,974 1,582,746 1,942,461 2,374,119 3,884,922 4,748,238 7,122,357 14,244,714 21,367,071 and 42,734,142, with no remainder.

Since 42,734,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,734,142, 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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