Q: Is 42,777,852 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,777,852 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,777,852 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 42777852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 78 156 443 619 886 1,238 1,329 1,772 1,857 2,476 2,658 3,714 5,316 5,759 7,428 8,047 11,518 16,094 17,277 23,036 24,141 32,188 34,554 48,282 69,108 96,564 274,217 548,434 822,651 1,096,868 1,645,302 3,290,604 3,564,821 7,129,642 10,694,463 14,259,284 21,388,926 and 42,777,852, with no remainder.

Since 42,777,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,777,852, 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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