Q: Is 43,142,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 43,142,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 43,142,742 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 43142742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 41 53 82 106 123 159 246 318 369 477 738 954 1,103 2,173 2,206 3,309 4,346 6,519 6,618 9,927 13,038 19,557 19,854 39,114 45,223 58,459 90,446 116,918 135,669 175,377 271,338 350,754 407,007 526,131 814,014 1,052,262 2,396,819 4,793,638 7,190,457 14,380,914 21,571,371 and 43,142,742, with no remainder.

Since 43,142,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,142,742, 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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