Q: Is 42,006,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,006,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,006,426 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 42006426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 31 33 42 49 62 66 77 93 98 147 154 186 217 231 294 341 419 434 462 539 651 682 838 1,023 1,078 1,257 1,302 1,519 1,617 2,046 2,387 2,514 2,933 3,038 3,234 4,557 4,609 4,774 5,866 7,161 8,799 9,114 9,218 12,989 13,827 14,322 16,709 17,598 20,531 25,978 27,654 32,263 33,418 38,967 41,062 50,127 61,593 64,526 77,934 90,923 96,789 100,254 123,186 142,879 181,846 193,578 225,841 272,769 285,758 428,637 451,682 545,538 636,461 677,523 857,274 1,000,153 1,272,922 1,355,046 1,909,383 2,000,306 3,000,459 3,818,766 6,000,918 7,001,071 14,002,142 21,003,213 and 42,006,426, with no remainder.

Since 42,006,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,006,426, 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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