Q: Is 42,856,074 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,856,074 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,856,074 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 42856074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 54 62 93 186 279 558 837 1,674 25,601 51,202 76,803 153,606 230,409 460,818 691,227 793,631 1,382,454 1,587,262 2,380,893 4,761,786 7,142,679 14,285,358 21,428,037 and 42,856,074, with no remainder.

Since 42,856,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,856,074, 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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