Q: Is 42,736,548 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,736,548 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,736,548 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 42736548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 19 38 57 76 114 228 187,441 374,882 562,323 749,764 1,124,646 2,249,292 3,561,379 7,122,758 10,684,137 14,245,516 21,368,274 and 42,736,548, with no remainder.

Since 42,736,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,736,548, 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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