Q: Is 42,775,936 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,775,936 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,775,936 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 42775936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 448 896 47,741 95,482 190,964 334,187 381,928 668,374 763,856 1,336,748 1,527,712 2,673,496 3,055,424 5,346,992 6,110,848 10,693,984 21,387,968 and 42,775,936, with no remainder.

Since 42,775,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,775,936, 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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