Q: Is 42,016,422 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,016,422 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,016,422 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 42016422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 49 98 147 241 294 482 593 723 1,186 1,446 1,687 1,779 3,374 3,558 4,151 5,061 8,302 10,122 11,809 12,453 23,618 24,906 29,057 35,427 58,114 70,854 87,171 142,913 174,342 285,826 428,739 857,478 1,000,391 2,000,782 3,001,173 6,002,346 7,002,737 14,005,474 21,008,211 and 42,016,422, with no remainder.

Since 42,016,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,016,422, 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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