Q: Is 42,887,889 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,887,889 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,887,889 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 42887889 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 17 33 51 99 153 187 289 561 867 1,499 1,683 2,601 3,179 4,497 9,537 13,491 16,489 25,483 28,611 49,467 76,449 148,401 229,347 280,313 433,211 840,939 1,299,633 2,522,817 3,898,899 4,765,321 14,295,963 and 42,887,889, with no remainder.

Since 42,887,889 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,887,889, 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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