Q: Is 42,002,532 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,002,532 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,002,532 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 42002532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 41 44 52 66 78 82 99 117 123 132 143 156 164 198 199 234 246 286 369 396 398 429 451 468 492 533 572 597 738 796 858 902 1,066 1,194 1,287 1,353 1,476 1,599 1,716 1,791 1,804 2,132 2,189 2,388 2,574 2,587 2,706 3,198 3,582 4,059 4,378 4,797 5,148 5,174 5,412 5,863 6,396 6,567 7,164 7,761 8,118 8,159 8,756 9,594 10,348 11,726 13,134 15,522 16,236 16,318 17,589 19,188 19,701 23,283 23,452 24,477 26,268 28,457 31,044 32,636 35,178 39,402 46,566 48,954 52,767 56,914 70,356 73,431 78,804 85,371 89,749 93,132 97,908 105,534 106,067 113,828 146,862 170,742 179,498 211,068 212,134 256,113 269,247 293,724 318,201 341,484 358,996 424,268 512,226 538,494 636,402 807,741 954,603 1,024,452 1,076,988 1,166,737 1,272,804 1,615,482 1,909,206 2,333,474 3,230,964 3,500,211 3,818,412 4,666,948 7,000,422 10,500,633 14,000,844 21,001,266 and 42,002,532, with no remainder.

Since 42,002,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,002,532, 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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