Q: Is 42,015,252 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,015,252 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,015,252 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 42015252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 139 278 417 556 834 1,668 25,189 50,378 75,567 100,756 151,134 302,268 3,501,271 7,002,542 10,503,813 14,005,084 21,007,626 and 42,015,252, with no remainder.

Since 42,015,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,015,252, 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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