Q: Is 42,761,408 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,761,408 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,761,408 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 42761408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 127 254 508 1,016 2,032 4,064 5,261 8,128 10,522 21,044 42,088 84,176 168,352 336,704 668,147 1,336,294 2,672,588 5,345,176 10,690,352 21,380,704 and 42,761,408, with no remainder.

Since 42,761,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,761,408, 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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