Q: Is 42,871,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,871,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,871,744 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 42871744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 29 32 58 64 116 232 464 928 1,856 23,099 46,198 92,396 184,792 369,584 669,871 739,168 1,339,742 1,478,336 2,679,484 5,358,968 10,717,936 21,435,872 and 42,871,744, with no remainder.

Since 42,871,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,871,744, 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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