Q: Is 42,543,550 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,543,550 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,543,550 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 42543550 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 25 35 50 70 175 350 121,553 243,106 607,765 850,871 1,215,530 1,701,742 3,038,825 4,254,355 6,077,650 8,508,710 21,271,775 and 42,543,550, with no remainder.

Since 42,543,550 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,543,550, 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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