Q: Is 42,936,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,936,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,936,948 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 42936948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 421 842 1,263 1,684 2,526 2,833 3,789 5,052 5,666 7,578 8,499 11,332 15,156 16,998 25,497 33,996 50,994 101,988 1,192,693 2,385,386 3,578,079 4,770,772 7,156,158 10,734,237 14,312,316 21,468,474 and 42,936,948, with no remainder.

Since 42,936,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,936,948, 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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