Q: Is 42,007,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,007,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,007,472 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 42007472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 47 52 94 104 188 208 376 611 752 1,222 2,444 4,297 4,888 8,594 9,776 17,188 34,376 55,861 68,752 111,722 201,959 223,444 403,918 446,888 807,836 893,776 1,615,672 2,625,467 3,231,344 5,250,934 10,501,868 21,003,736 and 42,007,472, with no remainder.

Since 42,007,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,007,472, 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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