Q: Is 42,838,156 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,838,156 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,838,156 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 42838156 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 31 37 62 74 124 148 1,147 2,294 4,588 9,337 18,674 37,348 289,447 345,469 578,894 690,938 1,157,788 1,381,876 10,709,539 21,419,078 and 42,838,156, with no remainder.

Since 42,838,156 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,838,156, 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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