Q: Is 42,812,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,812,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,812,472 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 42812472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 114 152 228 456 93,887 187,774 281,661 375,548 563,322 751,096 1,126,644 1,783,853 2,253,288 3,567,706 5,351,559 7,135,412 10,703,118 14,270,824 21,406,236 and 42,812,472, with no remainder.

Since 42,812,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,812,472, 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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