Q: Is 42,851,268 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,851,268 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,851,268 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 42851268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 162 324 132,257 264,514 396,771 529,028 793,542 1,190,313 1,587,084 2,380,626 3,570,939 4,761,252 7,141,878 10,712,817 14,283,756 21,425,634 and 42,851,268, with no remainder.

Since 42,851,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,851,268, 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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