Q: Is 42,738,553 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,738,553 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,738,553 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 42738553 can be evenly divided by 1 11 13 31 143 311 341 403 961 3,421 4,043 4,433 9,641 10,571 12,493 44,473 106,051 125,333 137,423 298,871 1,378,663 3,287,581 3,885,323 and 42,738,553, with no remainder.

Since 42,738,553 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,738,553, 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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