Q: Is 42,912 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,912 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,912 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 42912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 149 288 298 447 596 894 1,192 1,341 1,788 2,384 2,682 3,576 4,768 5,364 7,152 10,728 14,304 21,456 and 42,912, with no remainder.

Since 42,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,912, 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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