Q: Is 42,842,152 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,842,152 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,842,152 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 42842152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 37 74 148 296 144,737 289,474 578,948 1,157,896 5,355,269 10,710,538 21,421,076 and 42,842,152, with no remainder.

Since 42,842,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,842,152, 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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