Q: Is 42,858,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,858,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,858,426 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 42858426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 59 67 78 118 134 139 177 201 278 354 402 417 767 834 871 1,534 1,742 1,807 2,301 2,613 3,614 3,953 4,602 5,226 5,421 7,906 8,201 9,313 10,842 11,859 16,402 18,626 23,718 24,603 27,939 49,206 51,389 55,878 102,778 106,613 121,069 154,167 213,226 242,138 308,334 319,839 363,207 549,467 639,678 726,414 1,098,934 1,648,401 3,296,802 7,143,071 14,286,142 21,429,213 and 42,858,426, with no remainder.

Since 42,858,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,858,426, 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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