Q: Is 42,812,478 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,812,478 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,812,478 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 42812478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 37 74 111 222 333 666 64,283 128,566 192,849 385,698 578,547 1,157,094 2,378,471 4,756,942 7,135,413 14,270,826 21,406,239 and 42,812,478, with no remainder.

Since 42,812,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,812,478, 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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