Q: Is 42,772,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,772,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,772,672 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 42772672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 71 142 284 568 1,136 2,272 4,544 9,413 18,826 37,652 75,304 150,608 301,216 602,432 668,323 1,336,646 2,673,292 5,346,584 10,693,168 21,386,336 and 42,772,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,772,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,772,672, 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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