Q: Is 42,936,674 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,936,674 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,936,674 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 42936674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 31 62 157 314 341 401 682 802 1,727 3,454 4,411 4,867 8,822 9,734 12,431 24,862 53,537 62,957 107,074 125,914 136,741 273,482 692,527 1,385,054 1,951,667 3,903,334 21,468,337 and 42,936,674, with no remainder.

Since 42,936,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,936,674, 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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