Q: Is 42,748,149 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,748,149 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,748,149 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 42748149 can be evenly divided by 1 3 17 43 51 101 129 193 303 579 731 1,717 2,193 3,281 4,343 5,151 8,299 9,843 13,029 19,493 24,897 58,479 73,831 141,083 221,493 331,381 423,249 838,199 994,143 2,514,597 14,249,383 and 42,748,149, with no remainder.

Since 42,748,149 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,748,149, 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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