Q: Is 42,936,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,936,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,936,672 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 42936672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 447,257 894,514 1,341,771 1,789,028 2,683,542 3,578,056 5,367,084 7,156,112 10,734,168 14,312,224 21,468,336 and 42,936,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,936,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,936,672, 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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