Q: Is 42,887,918 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,887,918 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,887,918 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 42887918 can be evenly divided by 1 2 53 106 271 542 1,493 2,986 14,363 28,726 79,129 158,258 404,603 809,206 21,443,959 and 42,887,918, with no remainder.

Since 42,887,918 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,887,918, 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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