Q: Is 42,015,164 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,015,164 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,015,164 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 42015164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 67 134 211 268 422 743 844 1,486 2,972 14,137 28,274 49,781 56,548 99,562 156,773 199,124 313,546 627,092 10,503,791 21,007,582 and 42,015,164, with no remainder.

Since 42,015,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,015,164, 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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