Q: Is 42,005,348 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,005,348 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,005,348 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 42005348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 49 77 98 154 196 308 539 1,078 2,156 19,483 38,966 77,932 136,381 214,313 272,762 428,626 545,524 857,252 954,667 1,500,191 1,909,334 3,000,382 3,818,668 6,000,764 10,501,337 21,002,674 and 42,005,348, with no remainder.

Since 42,005,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,005,348, 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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