Q: Is 42,744,556 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,744,556 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,744,556 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 42744556 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 59 71 118 142 236 284 2,551 4,189 5,102 8,378 10,204 16,756 150,509 181,121 301,018 362,242 602,036 724,484 10,686,139 21,372,278 and 42,744,556, with no remainder.

Since 42,744,556 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,744,556, 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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