Q: Is 42,021,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,021,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,021,042 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 42021042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 42 51 102 119 229 238 257 357 458 514 687 714 771 1,374 1,542 1,603 1,799 3,206 3,598 3,893 4,369 4,809 5,397 7,786 8,738 9,618 10,794 11,679 13,107 23,358 26,214 27,251 30,583 54,502 58,853 61,166 81,753 91,749 117,706 163,506 176,559 183,498 353,118 411,971 823,942 1,000,501 1,235,913 2,001,002 2,471,826 3,001,503 6,003,006 7,003,507 14,007,014 21,010,521 and 42,021,042, with no remainder.

Since 42,021,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,021,042, 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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