Q: Is 42,774,246 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,774,246 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,774,246 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 42774246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 29 58 87 174 261 522 81,943 163,886 245,829 491,658 737,487 1,474,974 2,376,347 4,752,694 7,129,041 14,258,082 21,387,123 and 42,774,246, with no remainder.

Since 42,774,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,774,246, 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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