Q: Is 43,162,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 43,162,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 43,162,542 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 43162542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 223 446 669 1,338 2,007 4,014 10,753 21,506 32,259 64,518 96,777 193,554 2,397,919 4,795,838 7,193,757 14,387,514 21,581,271 and 43,162,542, with no remainder.

Since 43,162,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,162,542, 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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