Q: Is 42,851,874 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,851,874 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,851,874 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 42851874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 47 78 94 141 282 611 1,222 1,833 3,666 11,689 23,378 35,067 70,134 151,957 303,914 455,871 549,383 911,742 1,098,766 1,648,149 3,296,298 7,141,979 14,283,958 21,425,937 and 42,851,874, with no remainder.

Since 42,851,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,851,874, 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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