Q: Is 42,772,674 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,772,674 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,772,674 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 42772674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 383 766 1,149 2,298 2,659 2,681 5,318 5,362 7,977 8,043 15,954 16,086 18,613 37,226 55,839 111,678 1,018,397 2,036,794 3,055,191 6,110,382 7,128,779 14,257,558 21,386,337 and 42,772,674, with no remainder.

Since 42,772,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,772,674, 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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