Q: Is 42,880,545 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,880,545 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,880,545 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 42880545 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 17 45 51 85 153 255 765 56,053 168,159 280,265 504,477 840,795 952,901 2,522,385 2,858,703 4,764,505 8,576,109 14,293,515 and 42,880,545, with no remainder.

Since 42,880,545 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,880,545, 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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