Q: Is 43,242,543 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 43,242,543 is not a prime number.

Why is 43,242,543 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 43242543 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 17 51 137 153 411 1,233 2,063 2,329 6,189 6,987 18,567 20,961 35,071 105,213 282,631 315,639 847,893 2,543,679 4,804,727 14,414,181 and 43,242,543, with no remainder.

Since 43,242,543 cannot be divided by just 1 and 43,242,543, 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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