Q: Is 42,850,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,850,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,850,504 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 42850504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 107 113 214 226 428 443 452 856 886 904 1,772 3,544 12,091 24,182 47,401 48,364 50,059 94,802 96,728 100,118 189,604 200,236 379,208 400,472 5,356,313 10,712,626 21,425,252 and 42,850,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,850,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,850,504, 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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