Q: Is 42,879,429 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,879,429 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,879,429 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 42879429 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 23 27 29 69 87 207 261 621 667 783 2,001 2,381 6,003 7,143 18,009 21,429 54,763 64,287 69,049 164,289 207,147 492,867 621,441 1,478,601 1,588,127 1,864,323 4,764,381 14,293,143 and 42,879,429, with no remainder.

Since 42,879,429 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,879,429, 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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