Q: Is 42,010,232 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,010,232 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,010,232 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 42010232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 121 242 484 968 43,399 86,798 173,596 347,192 477,389 954,778 1,909,556 3,819,112 5,251,279 10,502,558 21,005,116 and 42,010,232, with no remainder.

Since 42,010,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,010,232, 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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