Q: Is 42,958,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,958,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,958,242 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 42958242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 41 54 82 123 246 369 738 1,107 2,214 19,403 38,806 58,209 116,418 174,627 349,254 523,881 795,523 1,047,762 1,591,046 2,386,569 4,773,138 7,159,707 14,319,414 21,479,121 and 42,958,242, with no remainder.

Since 42,958,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,958,242, 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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