Q: Is 42,887,522 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,887,522 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,887,522 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 42887522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 19 38 191 311 361 382 622 722 3,629 5,909 7,258 11,818 59,401 68,951 112,271 118,802 137,902 224,542 1,128,619 2,257,238 21,443,761 and 42,887,522, with no remainder.

Since 42,887,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,887,522, 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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