Q: Is 42,747,936 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,747,936 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,747,936 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 42747936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 2,464 3,696 5,783 7,392 11,566 17,349 23,132 34,698 40,481 46,264 63,613 69,396 80,962 92,528 121,443 127,226 138,792 161,924 185,056 190,839 242,886 254,452 277,584 323,848 381,678 445,291 485,772 508,904 555,168 647,696 763,356 890,582 971,544 1,017,808 1,295,392 1,335,873 1,526,712 1,781,164 1,943,088 2,035,616 2,671,746 3,053,424 3,562,328 3,886,176 5,343,492 6,106,848 7,124,656 10,686,984 14,249,312 21,373,968 and 42,747,936, with no remainder.

Since 42,747,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,747,936, 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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