Q: Is 42,780,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,780,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,780,724 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 42780724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 49 98 167 196 334 668 1,169 1,307 2,338 2,614 4,676 5,228 8,183 9,149 16,366 18,298 32,732 36,596 64,043 128,086 218,269 256,172 436,538 873,076 1,527,883 3,055,766 6,111,532 10,695,181 21,390,362 and 42,780,724, with no remainder.

Since 42,780,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,780,724, 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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