Q: Is 42,936,662 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,936,662 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,936,662 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 42936662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 47 94 97 194 277 554 799 1,598 1,649 3,298 4,559 4,709 9,118 9,418 13,019 26,038 26,869 53,738 77,503 155,006 221,323 442,646 456,773 913,546 1,262,843 2,525,686 21,468,331 and 42,936,662, with no remainder.

Since 42,936,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,936,662, 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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