Q: Is 42,827,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,827,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,827,642 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 42827642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 13 22 26 143 169 286 338 1,859 3,718 11,519 23,038 126,709 149,747 253,418 299,494 1,647,217 1,946,711 3,294,434 3,893,422 21,413,821 and 42,827,642, with no remainder.

Since 42,827,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,827,642, 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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