Q: Is 42,005,496 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,005,496 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,005,496 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 42005496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 31 39 43 52 62 78 86 93 101 104 124 129 156 172 186 202 248 258 303 312 344 372 403 404 516 559 606 744 806 808 1,032 1,118 1,209 1,212 1,313 1,333 1,612 1,677 2,236 2,418 2,424 2,626 2,666 3,131 3,224 3,354 3,939 3,999 4,343 4,472 4,836 5,252 5,332 6,262 6,708 7,878 7,998 8,686 9,393 9,672 10,504 10,664 12,524 13,029 13,416 15,756 15,996 17,329 17,372 18,786 25,048 26,058 31,512 31,992 34,658 34,744 37,572 40,703 51,987 52,116 56,459 69,316 75,144 81,406 103,974 104,232 112,918 122,109 134,633 138,632 162,812 169,377 207,948 225,836 244,218 269,266 325,624 338,754 403,899 415,896 451,672 488,436 538,532 677,508 807,798 976,872 1,077,064 1,355,016 1,615,596 1,750,229 3,231,192 3,500,458 5,250,687 7,000,916 10,501,374 14,001,832 21,002,748 and 42,005,496, with no remainder.

Since 42,005,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,005,496, 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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