Q: Is 42,818,762 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,818,762 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,818,762 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 42818762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 67 134 191 239 382 469 478 938 1,337 1,673 2,674 3,346 12,797 16,013 25,594 32,026 45,649 89,579 91,298 112,091 179,158 224,182 319,543 639,086 3,058,483 6,116,966 21,409,381 and 42,818,762, with no remainder.

Since 42,818,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,818,762, 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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