Q: Is 42,898,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,898,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,898,504 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 42898504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 19 22 38 44 76 88 152 209 418 836 1,672 25,657 51,314 102,628 205,256 282,227 487,483 564,454 974,966 1,128,908 1,949,932 2,257,816 3,899,864 5,362,313 10,724,626 21,449,252 and 42,898,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,898,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,898,504, 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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