Q: Is 42,738,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,738,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,738,672 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 42738672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 521 1,042 1,563 1,709 2,084 3,126 3,418 4,168 5,127 6,252 6,836 8,336 10,254 12,504 13,672 20,508 25,008 27,344 41,016 82,032 890,389 1,780,778 2,671,167 3,561,556 5,342,334 7,123,112 10,684,668 14,246,224 21,369,336 and 42,738,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,738,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,738,672, 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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